Decal

Paperclip Variant (Indian Star)

In use from 1939 up to 1942

In use for Classes:

201

The Indian Star decal was an attempt to stimulate the emerging Indian market at the beginning of the 20th century. Entering this market was not easy, though. The main difficulties were overcoming caste prejudice, language differences and limited access to women.
The Indian Star machines say 'Singer' in different languages on each point of the star: Onya, Singhalese, Gujarati, Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam (or Tamil), Urdu.
The Indian Star appears as a variant in several decals, on different models.

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 1

Factories:

Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)

Documented Classes:

201

Documented years: 1939

Singer decal set Paperclip Variant (Indian Star)

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Classes	Years
Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1	201	1939

Classes

Class	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
201	1	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1939

About the data shown here

The information here about the use of decals in factories and classes is based on “Documented Machines” currently recorded in our database. We currently do not have an official Singer source about which decals were in use where and when and on which machines.

Our dataset is continuously growing as new machines are documented and shared by collectors and researchers. As a result, the details presented here should be considered indicative and may be updated over time.

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