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! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list