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German-made Heidelberg presses are often hailed as the finest letterpress machines ever made. Dahas Heidelberg Original Cylinder was built sometime around the 1940's, and fits Mogadishu perfectly. Its a workhorsecheap, reliable, and easy to maintain. Unlike newer lynotypes, it costs nearly same to print one sheet as it does 10,000.

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The Letterpress of Mogadishu: Somalia, 2012
German-made Heidelberg presses are often hailed as the finest letterpress machines ever made. Dahas Heidelberg Original Cylinder was built sometime around the 1940's, and fits Mogadishu perfectly. Its a workhorsecheap, reliable, and easy to maintain. Unlike newer lynotypes, it costs nearly same to print one sheet as it does 10,000.