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1920 Helios-Klimax Portable Serial # 14672 1920 Helios-Klimax Portable typewriter, Serial # 14672 Maxim Suravegin's 1920 Helios-Klimax Portable typewriter. 2017-12-25 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Maxim Suravegin: 1920 Helios-Klimax Portable Serial # 14672 The Helios is a beautiful little machine with a two row keyboard

with only 20 keys to produce a full character set of 80 characters.

Three different shift keys on the left side of the keyboard opened

the way to all these characters.



The Helios was first introduced in 1908 by Justin Bamberger in Munich.

In 1909 production was taken up by the Kanzler typewriter factory in Berlin,

that set up the Helios company for this machine. When both Kanzler and Helios

dissolved, production was resumed by the Ney company in 1914.

1920 Helios-Klimax Portable #14672

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Maxim Suravegin (Gardenmax)
Created: 12-24-2017 at 11:17PM
Last Edit: 12-25-2017 at 08:01AM


Description:

The Helios is a beautiful little machine with a two row keyboard

with only 20 keys to produce a full character set of 80 characters.

Three different shift keys on the left side of the keyboard opened

the way to all these characters.



The Helios was first introduced in 1908 by Justin Bamberger in Munich.

In 1909 production was taken up by the Kanzler typewriter factory in Berlin,

that set up the Helios company for this machine. When both Kanzler and Helios

dissolved, production was resumed by the Ney company in 1914.

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Hunter: Maxim Suravegin (Gardenmax)

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Start collect typewriters very late in September 2016.

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