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 started	Production ended
Modelli iniziali Columbus	1918	1927
Columbus Extra - Serie Iniziale	1929	1945
Columbus 3x	1935	1945
Columbus 65	1935	1945
Columbus Extra Faccettata	1935	1941
Columbus 55	1936	1951
Columbus Extra Trasparente	1937	1945
Columbus 100	1938	1955
Columbus 25	1940	1945
Columbus 29	1941	1945
Columbus 5x	1946	1951
Columbus Extra 13x	1946	1959
Columbus Extra 9x	1948	1961
Columbus Extra 40	1949	1955
Columbus Extra 38	1949	1955
Columbus Anni '50	1955	1971

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)

↑ 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.
↑ 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.

[columbus-1] s 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.

[columbus_130-2] 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.

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