NOS lot of HCE Tiffen Series IV or 4 adapter & retaining rings & lens hoods

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on one lot of Series IV or Series 4 adapter rings, retaining rings, and lens hoods all as pictured.
If you are not familiar with Series adapters and filters, these were made by Kodak and Tiffen and many others years ago. The filters were made in one of six standard sizes or diameters, with a few exceptions. Those sizes are Series 4, Series 5, Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, and Series 9. These filters typically had no threads, but instead they fit into a special adapter that would attach to the end of your lens. For example, if the diameter of your lens was such that a Series 6 adapter would be the correct fit, then you needed to use Series 6 filters as they were the only filters that would fit your adapter. Some of the adapters were made with threads, and i
f the outer end of your lens was threaded, you would buy the adapter with that thread size. If the outer end of your lens didn't have threads, or you couldn't find the right size, you could buy adapters that
had little "fins" to hold them in place, and they were simply pushed onto the lens. Once you had the adapter for your lens, you could put any filter of the right Series size into that adapter. And you needed a retaining ring or a lens hood to hold the filter in the adapter. Some of the retaining rings were threaded on both ends, so that a second filter or a lens hood could be stacked on.
The filter diameter for Series IV is 20.3 mm, or about 13/16". Again, Series filters typically don't have any threads.
I believe that HCE was a brand name used by Tiffen many years ago. Early on, different companies had different numbering conventions for Series filters. Although the boxes call them Series 1, they are the same size as we currently know Series IV.
Included are:
--- 8 lens hoods in their original boxes. All have the showy HCE decal on them as shown.
--- 1 larger lens hood probably Series 5 with no decal, in one of the HCE hood boxes.
--- 5 retaining rings in their box that would have originally held 12 rings.
--- 12 push-on style adapter rings in their original boxes, with no size on one box. Sizes are 14.9mm, 16.5mm, 18mm, two 19mm, two 20.7mm, 22.9mm, two 23.5mm, and two 27mm. Most have the showy HCE decal, a few have a simpler HCE decal.
--- and 1 movie camera lens adapter ring marked "MAG 16" on the box.
That makes a total of 26 pieces, plus the one odd lens hood that doesn't fit everything else. Everything is aluminum.
Condition of everything is NOS, or New Old Stock. I would guess that these date back to perhaps the late 1940's or 1950's. The hoods and rings are in surprisingly good condition, but the boxes are quite faded and show some light wear from either handling or sitting around. One of the hoods is still wrapped in its original wrapping paper, appearing never unwrapped.
SHIPPING: 2 pounds when boxedd, insurance is included. N
o International shipping.
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