Translations:Columbus/29/en

Model list

The table below lists pages devoted to Columbus models, with a production start date and a discontinuation date; keep in mind, however, that in many cases these dates, particularly the discontinuation date, may simply be indicative.

 Production startedProduction ended
Modelli iniziali Columbus19181927
Columbus Extra - Serie Iniziale19291945
Columbus 3x19351945
Columbus 6519351945
Columbus Extra Faccettata19351941
Columbus 5519361951
Columbus Extra Trasparente19371945
Columbus 10019381955
Columbus 2519401945
Columbus 2919411945
Columbus 5x19461951
Columbus Extra 13x19461959
Columbus Extra 9x19481961
Columbus Extra 3819491955
Columbus Extra 4019491955
Columbus Anni '5019551971

Chronology

Year Event
1918 the company is founded by Eugenio Verga, Alfredo Verga in Milano as Alfredo Verga dei Fratelli Verga Snc
1922 the company introduced the Columbus 670 model (guess date[1])
1924 the Columbus trademark is registered
1927 the Alfredo Verga dei Fratelli Verga is closed, Eugenio Verga continue Columbus production alone
1929 the company patents its spoon filler
1929 the company introduces the Columbus Extra
1929 the company starts celluloid production
1931 the company introduces the streamlined version of the Columbus Extra
1935 the company introduces the Columbus 3x (guess date, stands for the mid '30s)
1935 the company moved into the new headquarters of Via Lamarmora in Milan
1935 the company introduces the arrow clip (date approximate)
1935 the company introduces the Columbus Extra Faccettata
1936 the company introduces the Columbus 55
1937 the company introduces the Columbus 112 (guess date, stands for the second half of the '30s)
1937 the company introduces on the Columbus Extra a shorter band with chessboard decorations
1937 the company introduces a Columbus Extra version with smooth band and arrow clip
1938 the company introduces the Columbus 10x
1938 the company introduces the piston filler
1940 the company introduces the Columbus 25 (someone reports second half of '30s)
1941 the company introduces the Columbus 29
1942 Columbus factory is destroyed by bombing, production is moved to Lesa
1946 the company introduces the Columbus Extra 13x (or 1948[2])
1946 the company restarts production in Milan factory
1947 the company introduces the economic models 52, 53 and 54 (guess date, stands for postwar)
1948 the company introduces the Columbus Extra 9x
1949 the company introduces the Columbus Extra 40 (guess date, stands for the end of '40s)
1951 the company move the headquarters from via Lamarmora to via Trebbia
1952 the company introduces the Columbus 70 (guess date, stands for the beginning of '50s)
1955 the company production is totally converted to plastic models (guess date, stands for the the mid-50s)
  1. as the archive of the company was destroyed in 1942 after the bombing of their headquarters, many Columbus date are just guessed, referring more to a period than to a specific year, like the first or second half of a decade, or its mid the beginning or end; for more detail just look at chronology on the Columbus page.
  2. on the historical section of the company's website is quoted this date, but others (such as Letizia Jacopini in La Storia della Stilografica in Italia 1900-1950) report 1948, lower limit given by this invoice.