Le Special

1960
Feb 14, 1960 - Sydney Morning Herald, p35 - Lemair sewing machine advertisement for Lemair Aust. Pty. Ltd. (right)"Note that this straight sewing machine is 29 guineas and does not mention a buttonholer attachment"Mar 01, 1960 - Sydney Morning Herald, p08 - Identical advert to Feb 14, 1960 except that there are 15 Lemair-Helvetia Specials left

Jul 17, 1960 - Sydney Morning Herald, p33 - Lemair sewing machine advertisement for Lemair Aust. Pty. Ltd."In this ad there are 15 left, they are being called 'New Specials' and are now 39 Gns with a buttonholer attachment"Aug 28, 1960 - Sydney Morning Herald, p25 - Lemair sewing machine advertisement for Lemair Aust. Pty. Ltd."This last, smaller ad for 1960 doesn't say how many are left but goes back to calling them 'specials' at the same price with the buttonholer attachment."

Examples
Ebay sale in July 2018, described as "Heavy duty sewing machine Japan Lemair Corporation 50s last century""Some excellent detail photos of this machine but the most surprising is one that shows that it has JA 48 stamped on it which would identify it as a Japanese machine, see Genevieve Roberts' excellent monograph on the subject, 'Japanese Clones, Badged Machines and the JA and JC Numbers...', which I sourced from the Vintage Japanese Sewing Machines Face book group. Interestingly, JA 48 is a number not shown as far as I can see."Ebay sale now listed as removed, saved by me onto Pinterestdescribed as "1960's Vintage Retro Lamain Automatic Sewing Machine & Manual by Lemair Helvetia""Note the wooden case without any luggage catches. 'Lomain' is a common mis-reading of the Lemair logo on the machine, mistaking the 'e' for an 'o' and the 'r' for an 'n'"Auction listing at AllBids

Lemair Helvetia Precision Built Deluxe Sewing Machine - 1960-1965; 17764-4This asset came from a deceased estate and would be a great collector's item who has passion for such historic machine. This machine comes with original wooden base and original cover. Unable to test due to missing power cable (cut) and paddle. Date Manufactured: approx 1961. Made in Great Britain. Condition: The original cover have water marks but the machine and wooden base were protected by the cover. Item condition: Ex-Residential: Vintage. PostageFreight or Local Pickup. Item Location: ALLBIDS Showroom Fyshwick  -  7 WILUNA ST FYSHWICK ACT 2609; Winner Jacktail $59; Closed (01/10/2015)"Note the same base as the other example and the original case (right) Why does it say made in England though? "

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