I saw a Leica screw mount camera (seriel # around 160,xxx) with some non English words engraved on the rear side of the base plate. The only words I can recognise is "Sao Paulo", the other words looks like Spanish. When I opened the base plate, there was a piece of paper which looked like stamps in the old days sticked on the inner side of the plate. The film loading instruction is screwed on the inner side of the base plate. Can someone please give me information of this camera. Thanks.

-- WP Cheng (cwpcsl@netvigator.com), June 04, 2002

Answers

Didn't the "piece of paper" say?

-- Lux (leica@sumicron.com), June 04, 2002.

Lux, The piece of paper is not in English.

-- WP Cheng (cwpcsl@netvigator.com), June 04, 2002.

It was not uncommon for distributors, dealers or owners to have their Leicas engraved.

-- John Collier (jbcollier@shaw.ca), June 04, 2002.

The camera is a Leica I, II, III, or IIII, depending on the serial number. How about the 4th and 5th digit?

-- Skip Williams (skipwilliams@pobox.com), June 04, 2002.