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02.02.2021
New: HBw-Aktuell 02/2021 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • Maschine of the month: Rheinmetall Portable
  • Historic document: Invoice from Greif-Werke dated 14.02.1919
  • Braked tab dynamics on a Stoewer typewriter
  • Black Mignon model 2 with small serial number
  • Bargain - not only at ebay
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

05.01.2021
New: HBw-Aktuell 01/2021 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • Maschine of the month: Archimedes D/F 6/10 calculating machine
  • Historic document: Letter dated 30.04.1925 to a defaulting customer
  • Correctator: A Correntator variant - or not?
  • A hand-painted Kappel typewriter
  • The Hogar typewriter
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

01.12.2020
Historische Bürowelt No. 122 / December 2020

This issue contains

  • Printing 4-function machines: first experiments
  • Willy Feiler – a small supplier for the very big
  • Olivetti Lettera 10 / 12
  • The first standard typewriters with segment switching
  • 2000 pages calculator lexicon - homemade
  • "Summus" adder from Max Emil Eckelmann
  • Richmond & Backus, Detroit - five perspectives
The complete English translation is available in the members area.

Martin Reese

01.12.2020
New: HBw-Aktuell 12/2020 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • Maschine of the month: HEROLD with thumb switch
  • Historic document: Letter from the company Glogowski & Co. in Berlin (1911)
  • Comptometer, Company Egger and Professor Otto Hahn
  • News from the Arithmeum in Bonn
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

03.11.2020
New: HBw-Aktuell 11/2020 (member area)

In this issue (among others):

  • Curiosity: The Anderson Shorthand typewriter
  • Maschine of the month: Thürey typewriter
  • Historic document: offer "Typewriter cleaning machine Carmen” from 1924
  • IFHB Zoom Meeting Oct 2020
  • Small Covid-19 Collectors Meeting in Remseck
and, as usual: advertisements, market reflections, this & that ...

Peter Muckermann

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