Item no. P1779 (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Japan

Date of use: 16 October 1981

Business stationery (cover, with advertising frankmark) used by the company ASAHI OPTICAL CORPORATION in Tokyo (Japan), manufacturer of cameras and lenses. The cover’s window shows name of the company’s bestselling camera ASAHI PENTAX, of which the Spotmatic model incorporated first-ever TTL (Through-The-Lens) exposure metering system (introduced in 1964). The frankmark shows the image of the Pentax camera.