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| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 15:47:11 |
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And it's not as if Finland and Sweden are on the other side of the world from each other, so it is an easy mistake to make
| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 15:44:44 |
- Meccanoid
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I'm happy to hear that my little flea market find turned out to be so interesting
. Thanks again, and if your collector acquaintance wishes to include details on his website I'll be happy to help. Do you have access to my contact information as a moderator, or should I PM them to you in case he wants to get in touch?
| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 15:23:30 |
- Meccanoid
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Thanks! This is quite exciting
. It is not necessarily an export model for just Sweden though, as this one ended up in Finland (we use the same alphabet). I guess the sticker was propably attached by the company here in Finland.
Thank you very much for your help, I am looking forward to hear what your friend has to say.
| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 14:48:28 |
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I uploaded a pair of photographs. The first is of the front where the Hermes Baby and Made in England texts can be seen, the second is the manufacturing information on the back side. The round red sticker on top (on the right hand side) says Telva Helsinki Helsingfors, which ought to be the company that imported the typewriter.
| Early Typewriters » Smith Premier #4 Restoration Progress » 25-7-2017 14:40:56 |
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This is a very beautiful machine and a well done restoration.
| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 14:15:41 |
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Thanks for looking up the serial number, that is interesting information, and for your educated guess. But I don't think it is the answer, because on the typewriter it says "Made in England" in the front (under the space bar), which is the same piece of coachwork where it says Hermes Baby on top. The text on the back reads:
"Manufactured by British Typewriters Ltd. West Bromwich, England for paillard s.a. YVERDON, SWITZERLAND Patented"
I find it strange that it would say "manufactured for paillard" if it was an Empire?
I apparently need 3 posts in order to be allowed to add an image link, I shall add one when I have the required number of posts.
| Portable Typewriters » English made Hermes Baby » 25-7-2017 12:52:27 |
- Meccanoid
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Hi,
as a fan of all things mechanical, I picked up this nice, little old typewriter from a flea market a little while ago. It is a Hermes Baby and it was made in England. I’ve found what I believe is the serial number and it is as follows: AD145738. There is quite a lot of information about the Hermes Baby on the Internet and I set out to try and determine its age, but my research has left me puzzled.
From what I’ve read, the Hermes Baby was manufactured under license by the British typewriter company Ltd. But from what I’ve gathered, these made in England typewriters were made under the brand name Empire. So shouldn’t mine be a Baby Empire? I haven’t found any information on them being manufactured in England branded as Hermes.
I would be grateful if anyone here was able to shed some light on this matter.
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