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Auction History Result 5j0132 I WAS A SPY Belgian R1940s WWII, Madeleine Carroll & Herbert Marshall, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/18/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 10 1/2" x 15 1/2" [27 x 39 cm]) (Learn More) I Was a Spy, the 1933 Victor Saville English World War I (WWI) military spy espionage thriller ("The greatest spy story ever filmed -- and it's true! Romantic! Startling! Magnificent!"; based on the story of a Belgian nurse who ends up doing spy work for the Allies during World War I) starring Madeleine Carroll, Herbert Marshall, Conrad Veidt, Nigel Bruce, Edmund Gwenn, and Gerald du Maurier NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have never auctioned one in all our years of auctioning! This poster is printed on the back of a map or part of another poster! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has tack holes around the edges and some of them have discoloration in that area. There are some creases around the edges as well, and there are some light scuffs within the image. Learn More about condition grades 
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