1958 Oliver Courier #BD/58077
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jett Morton (jmorton528)
Created: 07-31-2026 at 02:57PM
Last Edit: 07-31-2026 at 02:57PM
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Description:
The successor to the Oliver Portable (Patria), branded as the Oliver Courier from 1954 to 1959, was manufactured by August Birchmeier’s Söhne in Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. They originally produced this machine as the Swissa Piccola. In France, it was sold as the Byron, Japy P68, Japy Personelle, Patria, Typo, and Select. The French watch company Japy Freres & Cie manufactured this machine through a licensing agreement. Guillermo Trúniger, S.A. distributed this machine in Spain under the names Amaya, Florida, Königer, Patria, and Pulasatta, and exported it in small quantities. Voss sold this body style as the Privat in Western Germany.
Early production Oliver Courier machines, produced in black or gray with round, black keys, feature a recessed badge toward the right of the cover. The next iteration of Oliver Courier adorns an updated badge featuring an embossed script, while the last iteration of the Oliver Courier features a badge centered above the keyboard.
This example features the latest badge.
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