Check the listing for details. NATIONAL NUMBERING MACHINE CO. PRINTER'S INSERT, FOR PAGE NUMBERS, VINTAGE ITEM. Condition: Used. Listed at 12.75 USD. NATIONAL NUMBERING MACHINE COMPANY,PRINTER'S INSERT, PAGE NUMBERS, VINTAGE ITEM. NATIONAL NUMBERING MACHINE CO. NEW YORK, NEW YORK. Mechanical Numbering Machine Used In A Professional Print Shop To Print "Fixed" Page Numbers in Books / Reports. QUANTITY: ONE vintage 2-digit page numbering machine, selected at random, from a lot of numbering machines. WHAT'S A NUMBERING MACHINE?: Prior to the digital age, books, posters, tickets, forms, newspapers, and other types of printed paper were produced on a printing press. Movable type, wooden printing blocks, metal printing blocks, mechanical numbering machines & fixed numbering machines (also known as a letterpress cut or printing dies) were set in a frame (known as a chase) and ink was rolled over the surface of the metal image with a roller (also known as a brayer) before the paper was pressed into the inked surface. This process was known as relief printing which included woodcut, relief etching, linocut, linotype, and metal cut. You are purchasing a commercially manufactured "Numbering Machine" that was used in a professional print shop to print page-numbers in books and other bound materials. Digits are increased or decreased by moving the spring-loaded latching pawls. MANUFACTURER: National Numbering Machine Company. CITY & STATE: New York, New York. MODEL NUMBER: Unknown. None imprinted on die. SERIAL NUMBER: None. MEASUREMENTS: 0.51” wide by 0.87”" deep by 0.81" tall (0.92” tall to the surface of numbers). WEIGHT: 1.3 ounces [37 grams]. NUMBER OF DIGITS: 2 wheel. Digits are approximately 3/16" tall x 3/32" wide. NUMBER OF ZEROS: 1 ("tens" digit). Roman font. SEQUENCING: None, numbers are "fixed" for printing book pages. Resettable. Digits are increased or decreased by moving the spring-loaded latching pawls. Page numbering from 1 to 99. ADDITIONAL INFO: The Annual Report of the Federal Trade Commission (Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940), reported on Page 29, that the National Numbering Machine Company, Inc., of New York (Price discrimination: typographic numbering machines), was ordered to cease and desist in connection with the sale of typographic numbering machines, from discriminating in price among its customers competitively engaged in the resale of such machines... The National Numbering Machine Company was located in New York. Several of National's competitors were also located in New York area: The William A. Force Numbering Machine Company, The Wetter Numbering Machine Company, The Roberts Numbering Machine Company, Numberall Stamp and Tool Company, The Bates Manufacturing Company, et al. SELLER'S COMMENTS: This numbering machine was acquired as a part of "a lot" of numbering machines from a large United States print shop. It appears that this numbering machine is functional; HOWEVER, it is being sold AS-IS, as a novelty item only - - - as we can not assure that there might not be some unseen or undetected damage, etc. Each numbering machine COULD POSSIBLY have a minor degree of rust or residual ink that was not cleaned off, etc. This unusual numbering machine makes a perfect gift for yourself, your coffee or end table, on your desk at work, on a shelf, or in your collection. Have a friend who loves to read books? This would be a prefect gift given its intended application is printing page numbers in books. No matter who ends up with it, it makes an unusual gift (we bet no one else is going to give this as a gift!). Given the advent of digital printing, the likelihood finding these professional numbering machines gets slimmer each day. There is little doubt that when friends see it they'll ask "Where did you find this unusual item? Whatever does it do?" One buyer advised us they purchased one of these numbering machine to hand-number clay / ceramics prior to firing. NOTES ABOUT THE NUMBERING MACHINE'S SURFACE: This is a precision mechanical device. Every time a numbering machine passes through the press, the pressure of the die on the paper ever-so-subtly degrades the surface of the numbers. This numbering machine is believe to have printed hundreds of thousands of page numbers - so its digit's surfaces will be degraded to some degree. SHIPPING COST꞉ Your shipping cost is calculated when checking out. To keep your shipping cost as low as possible, it's based on “DIM” (i.e. weight, package size and final destination). This item ships by United States First Class Mail or eBay International Delivery. Orders typically ship within one business day of your payment being received.