OK, so curiosity got the better of me, here are the dates and serial numbers for the DeMeglio's I've owned:
1893 1546
1910 16576
1923 20235
A few more culled from the net:
1895 2917
1896 3889
1897 6683
1899 3647 *
1902 11610
1905 3412 *
Obviously those labeled with a * are out of sequence - maybe misread or mis-reported?
I know there are some DeMeglio owners on the cafe, anyone care to share some more numbers so we can see how they fit in?
One other curiosity is the label used, the later ones all have the "beware of fakes and forgeries" message:
Where as my 1893 version is much simpler and in Italian only - so maybe no forgeries back then?
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