Royal          
        Royal-Typewriter Co. Inc., New York, U.S.A.  
           
           
Models and s/n Y M D Remarks Ref.
           
           
Standard Manual          
           
           
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and No. 10 Models HM, K, KHM, KMN and Q       Electric serial numbers first run concurrent with Standard, then see under Electric  
up to 1000 1905     Nos. 2, 3 and 4 had only larger carriages, than No. 1 9,4
4000 1906       9
14000 1907       9
38000 1908       9
58000 1910       9
85000 1911     Model No. 5 started, Nos. 6, 7, 8 had only larger carriages, than No. 5 9
142000 1912       9
175000 1913       9
205000 1914     Model No. 10 started, Double Glass Panels began at 212000 9
234000 1915       9
279000 1916       9
336000 1917     Variable Line Spacer began at 282000 9
394000 1918       9
478000 1919       9
567000 1920       9
614000 1921     Master Model and Quiet Model, both in 5 different carriage sizes 9
682000 1922       9
766000 1923     Single Glass Panels began at about 755000 9
848000 1924     Prefix "Y" 100000 up: treat as 750001 to 1000000 9
940000 1925       9
1036000 1926       9
1134000 1927       9
1236000 1928     New Style Drop Segment began as under 18" and wider 1200000 9
1348000 1929     New Style Drop Segment began as under 14" 1330000 9
1435000 1930     Model SX started 9
1525000 1931     New Style Drop Segment began as under 10" 1470000 9,15
1554000 1932     Prefix "SY" and "CSY" 100000 up: treat as 1470001 to 1550000 9,15
1617000 1933       9,15
1723000 1934     Model H10 started 9,15
1847000 1935     Prefix "HY": treat as 1670000 9,15
2005000 1936       9,15
2178000 1937     Prefix "KHY": treat as 1890000 9,15
2320000 1938       9,15
2494000 1939       9,15
2681000 1940       9,15
2901000 1941       9,15
3026000 1943     World War II 9,15
3037000 1944       9,15
3094000 1945       9,15
3273000 1946     Model KMM Magic Rand and Touch Control started 9,15
3550000 1947       9,15
3865000 1948       9,15
4110000 1949     Model KMG started 9,15
4360000 1950       9,15
4688000 1951       9,15
4990000 1952       9,15
5248000 1953       9,15
5503000 1954       15
5787000 1955       15
6088000 1956     Electric RE Model 15
6415000 1957       15
6650000 1958       15
6950000 1959       15
           
           
Model HH          
5100000 1954       6
5456674 1955       6
5728700 to 5989001 1956       6
          6
           
Model F.P.          
6159809 1957       6
6361664 1958       6
6605188 1959       6
6867976 1960       6
7069762 1961       6
7292351 to 7470959 1962       6
           
           
Model 101          
7471771 1963       6
7628767 1964       6
7902159 to 7933672 1965       6
           
           
M.C. Empress          
7942375 1965       6
8216377 to 8289999 1966       6
           
           
440          
8390000 to 8550000 1966-1968       6
           
           
Electric          
           
           
HE Model          
7003601 1960       6
7580644 1963       6
           
           
G.A. Model          
7663992 1963       6
7820050 1964       6
8026200 1965       6
8215835 to 8529725 1966       6
           
           
E.B. Model          
7672525 1963       6
7739084 1964       6
8003200 to 8322305 1965       6
           
           
Portables          
           
           
Royal-Portable Models S, J, U, UB, D, DE, DJ, DD    
1000-31000 1932-1934       13
34000-50000 1935-1936       13
52000-82000 1937-1938       13
85000-156000 1939-1940       13
165000-239000 1941-1942       13
           
           
Royal-Portable Models RC, RA, RF        
1150000-1160000 1945-1946       13
1160000-1266000 1946-1947       13
1275000-1453000 1947-1948       13
1470000-1740000 1948-1949       13
1741000-1941000 1949-1950       13
1941000-2137000 1950-1951       13
2137000-2353000 1951-1952       13
2353000-2564000 1952-1953       13
2564000-2788000 1953-1954       13
           
           
Portable Standard,Arrow, Speed King, Aristocrat, Quiet DeLuxe     Prefixes O and OT stand for Standard, C for Arrow, B for Speed King and Aristocrat, A for Quiet DeLuxe  
up to 6000 1927       9
56000 1928       9
114000 1929       9
250000 1930       15
305000 1931       15
325000 1932       15
354000 1933       15
409000 1934       15
493000 1935     Model "A", chrome-nickel, long row switch-lever starts with s/n 471000 15,6,7
603000 1936       15
724000 1937       15
807000 1938       15
927000 1939       15
996000 1940       15
1107000 1941       15
1152000 1942       15
World War II         15
1164000 1945       15
1275000 1946       15
1474000 1947       15
1741000 1948       15
1940000 1949       15
2137000 1950       15
2353000 1951       15
2563000 1952       15
2787735 1953       15
2977900 1954       15
3178000 1955       15
3449000 1956       15
3771000 1957       15
           
           
Signet and Signet Senior Incomplete Portable          
  1932-1933     No Prefix 6
           
           
Junior Incomplete Portable          
to 45000 1935-1936     Prefix U 6
45001 1936       6
62001 and over 1937       6
           
           
Universal Incomplete Portable       Prefixes U and UB  
71000 1937       6
80001 and over 1938       6
           
           
Varsity Incomplete Portable       Prefix D  
to 100000 1939       6
114526 to 120935 1940       6
           
           
Companion Incomplete Portable       Prefix CD  
           
           
Mercury Incomplete Portable       Prefix E  
           
           
Royalite and Royaluxe 400, 425 and 450          
35638 1955       6
3123513 1956       6
3384902 1957       6
3745091 1958       6
3970557 1959       6
4272034 1960       6
4544659 1961       6
4927715 1962       6
5292116 to 5733104 1963       6
57438 11 to 609523 8 1964       6
6098916 1965       6
6580453 to 6948198 1966       6
           
           
Royaluxe 300 and 325          
104311 1959       6
107687 to 122040 1960       6
           
           
Diana Portable          
13365 1953       6
22020 1954       6
32144 1955       6
37141 1956       6
43336 1957       6
64701 1958       6
81475 and over 1959       6
           
           
Safari          
5584967 1964       6
5958589 1965       6
6474796 to 7022435 1966       6