The City binder has been specifically designed with a 10mm ring mechanism to fit into the inside jacket pocket of a suit or into a small handbag. It will hold paper money securely in the two flap pockets on the inside front cover.
The back cover has six credit card pockets with a full length pocket behind for receipts. It can comfortably accommodate a diary, some notepaper, a selection of specialist forms if required as well as plastic inserts for photos etc. Because the City binder is too narrow for the standard indexes we have designed the new A-ZCITY.
These are indexed name and telephone sheets designed to within the standard page size with indented tabs, two letters per tab. To separate sections of the binder it is always possible to use colour coding or acetate envelopes, but we have also developed the 4BT which gives four tabs at the top of the binder.
Two 'flap' pockets in the front cover make this an ideal candidate to double duty as a wallet/organiser.
The inside cover shows the model details LEFAX, City, Made in England, CITY10 SP/6.. City 10mm SP I presume is a coding of the colour and 6 for the number of credit card pockets. Earlier catalogue entries show 5 credit card pockets for the City10
Comparing the Lefax to a similar ring size Filofax Holborn Slimline, the size reduction by Lefax becomes quite obvious. Note there is no pen loop on the Lefax, no room unless the pen was going to sit outside of the binder.
I put a handful of note pages and a notepad in to the CITY and it all neatly fits in. There is about 4 mm between the edge of the page and the edge of the cover when closed, so if you do use side tabs they are flush or with a slight over-hang. But I'm sure I could make this work without side tabs easily.
This particular example has been used, but it is in very good condition for its age. I like the simplicity of the design.
Do you own any Lefax organisers?
Previous Lefax Posts:
- Guest Post – “The Rules” (1915) by gmax
- Guest Post - Lefax – The Early Years By gmax
- Guest Post - Mail order in by-gone years - Gmax
- Paper Hole Punch - 100 years and still going strong!
- Guest Post - Paul - Lefax Radio Log
- Lefax Radio Log
- Lefax Radio Handbook
- Lefax Price List 1921
- Guest Post - Lefax 1924 – The Dark Side By gmax
- Guest Post - Lefax 1924 – The Light Side By gmax
- Lefax Radio Log and Catalogue - 1928
- A Journey Back In Time - Part 1
- A Journey Back In Time - Part 2
- Lefax Data Sheets - Radio Engineering (1950)
- Filofax Catalogue 179
- D.F. Sanders & Co - Lefax 1985-1986
- D.F. Sanders & Co - Lefax 1986
- Lefax 1988 Full Catalogue
- Lefax Price List 1988
- Lefax 1989 - 1990 Catalogue
- Lefax Spring 1991 Preview Catalogue
- Lefax 1992 Full Catalogue
- Filofax/LEFAX Office addresses
- Lefax City slimline - The very same Lefax as featured in this post!
- Van der Spek meets Lefax
so beautiful. I think SP refers to the pocket on the left, either slip pocket or secretarial pocket.
ReplyDeleteYes that makes sense.
DeleteI'm having deja vu with this post. I think my MIL had one of these and gave it to me. I'll check when I get home from work.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome, Steve.
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful binder & I definitely would've kept it if it was personal size. I love slimline, but really need more ring space. I hope that you enjoy using it & I'm glad that it's gone to a good home, rather than sitting in my drawer.
eBay has Lefax paper for sale. Does that size of paper correspond to a current Filofax paper size?
ReplyDeleteHello Steve! Zsu here, from Costa Rica. The concept of the Lefax seems nice, but I don't see how a calendar could work in there, unless you use monthy spreads or include only a couple of weeks at the time. However, the portability and the simple elegance of the binder are beautiful.
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