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Creata pagina con '* http://www.pentrace.net/article092801120.html A ''Pen Trace'' article * http://www.columbuspenne.it Official web site, containing interesting infos * http://www.italianfoun...'
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Creata pagina con '{{ModelSynopsys}} |- | Extra || 1929 || 98, 96, 94, 80 |- | faceted ''Extra'' || 1935 || G, M e P |- {{TabEnd}}'
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Creata pagina con '{{BrandCrono}} |- | 1918 || Birth of ''Alfredo Verga dei Fratelli Verga'' and start of Columbus fountain pen production |- | 1922~ || (guess date<ref>just refers to first...'
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Creata pagina con 'In 1957 the founder died, leaving the company in the hands of his son Enrico, but at that time the fountain pen market was drastically shrinking due to the spread of the ballp...'
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Creata pagina con 'The last series produced in celluloid, the Columbus 90 was introduced approximately in 1951, and made both as piston filler or with a special button filler with th...'
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Creata pagina con 'In the '50s, following the market trends set by Parker with the success of the 51, Columbus introduced the 70, an hooded nib model. In this cas...'
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Creata pagina con 'In the middle of '40s Columbus introduces the 134 model, a big lever filler pen that was a clear imitation of the Eversharp Skyline. The same ...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|left|A [[Columbus 13x|Columbus 134]]'
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Creata pagina con 'In 1942 during a bombing the factory in Milan on Via Lamarmora was almost completely destroyed,<ref>this is also why there are strong uncertainties on many dates, because all ...'
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Creata pagina con 'During the period between the late '30s and the beginning of the '40s, the company affected, as all other European producers, the effects of the war, and because of economic d...'
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Creata pagina con 'Also in the second half of the '30s Columbus started producing models with transparent celluloid that allow to see the ink level, according to the new trend inaugurated by...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|left|A [[Columbus 25]]'
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Creata pagina con 'In addition to the top line of the various series marked ''Columbus Extra'' the company also produced lower price pens simply marked as ''Columbus'', also identified by a nume...'
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Creata pagina con 'Also around 1935 the Columbus introduced a new arrow clip, an obvious imitation of the one used by Parker on the Vacumatic model. The new clip was progressively used o...'
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Creata pagina con 'Around the 1935 a new faceted Columbus Extra was introduced. The pen was a lever filler, and remained in production until the late '30s. The ...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|An [[Columbus Extra|Extra model from beginning of '30s]]'
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Creata pagina con 'The pens of the first Columbus Extra line were ''Flat tops'', clear imitation of the Parker Duofold; they were produced in four versions numbered [[Columbus Ex...'
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Creata pagina con 'Also in 1929 the Columbus Extra line was introduced, using the new filling system. Since then the name ''Columbus Extra'' was used to indicate the high-end production, so ...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|left|A ''[[Flat top'' style Extra from '20s]]'
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Creata pagina con 'While maintaining the production of previous models the new Columbus began to put attention to technical innovations, a new double channel feeder, used on top models until...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|Patent excerpt for the new filling system'
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Creata pagina con 'In 1927, when the safety ebonite models were too old, the company faced a crisis and broke up. The two brothers separated, ''Alfredo Verga'' founded its own company, the '...'
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Creata pagina con 'In the first half of '20s the Columbus 670 model, very similar to Waterman 42, was introduced. It was produced in three size, normal, thin, and ladies, and in black,...'
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Creata pagina con 'In this period, placed in the first half of '20s, there was also a change of style, passing from the imitation of Germans model to the American ones. The change is shown by so...'
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Creata pagina con 'The activity was quite successful and in 1924 the Columbus trademark was officially recorded at {{Marchio|26261}}<ref> Letizia Jacopini reports on "The history of the foun...'
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Creata pagina con 'Like other Italian pens of the same period, Columbus pens were imitations of the most famous models at that time, but they were produced locally so they could be sold at m...'
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Creata pagina con 'The first models were black ebonite safety pens, produced in six different sizes from 1 to 6, and in long or short version. Their style was a imitation of that one used by...'
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Creata pagina con 'thumb|A lady [[Columbus overlay safety ]]'
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Creata pagina con 'On 19 May 1918 the Eugenio and Alfredo Verga brothers founded in Milan the ''Alfredo Verga dei Fratelli Verga Snc'',<ref>meaning ''Alfredo Verga Society of the Verga Brothers'...'
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Creata pagina con 'Columbus was founded in 1918 and was between the firsts Italian fountain pens manufacturers. The Columbus pens, like many other similar productions in Italy, were imi...'
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