[rollei_list] Re: OT: first Contax IIa arrived

  • From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:01:59 -0400

At 10:05 PM 4/28/06 +0200, Thor Legvold wrote:
>Hi Marc,
>
>Body serial number: A46841
>
> From what I can tell, it was made between Nov 1953 and Sept 1954 
>sometime, in Stuttgart factory.

This camera is the 840th Color-Dial IIa built, being part of the initial
batch of 7,000.  The date range you set out is accurate, and I would posit
that this one probably dates from November or December, 1953.  A total of
23,000 Contax IIa CD's were built, incidentally.

Best,

Marc

msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!


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