Earlier this week I was contacted by Billie, who sent me the photos you see in this post. What a find!
Given the details on some of the inserts in the box we believe that this filing box dates back to the 1930's. The filing box appears in my 1937 catalogue and the 1979 one as well.
Sadly we don't have any catalogues between those two dates, if any were produced. However, as you can see from comparing the two catalogues, not a lot changed in terms of organisers, the range of inserts did change.
From the 1937 catalogue:
This is in the 1979 catalogue:
The one that Billie bought at an auction is an enamel metal one which is mentioned in the 1937 catalogue but not in the 1979 one.
And here are some photos of the inserts found inside the filing box.
Note on this first one the year is indicated as 193n = 1930-1939
Sadly sections 2 and 3 are missing in the maps included, may be they got over used by the original owner.
Note the retailers sticker on this page, Chisholms Limited in Kingsway London is a shop I used to visit in the 1980's for their massive range of Filofax organisers and inserts that they had on display in the shop.
Thank you Billie for sharing this with us. He has mentioned to me that he is interested in selling the item.
If you are interested in buying it along with the inserts please email me philofaxy at gmail dot com and I will forward your email on to Billie, so you can negotiate the price and get more details of the box and inserts etc.
Personally I think Filofax UK should purchase it for some sort of museum display!
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