What year is my Consew 227r?

[Singermania]

You've probably sorted this by now, however I agree that you are being screwed over, the machine is not worth the duty, its a fake duty anyway.   I deal with Indonesia and the same problems arise, crazy bills, bribery and stolen goods are the order of the day.   If you are going to move to a country like this you are going to have to get savvy pretty quickly.  Otherwise to continue, find a friendly sewing machine dealer to write you a letter of valuation on the machine, stat dec or whatever else looks impressive.   Find, generate, invent a receipt for the machine.  BE AWARE that no matter what you do, what fees you pay that the machine may never become available.

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

What's the first two numbers of the serial number? 

[Handstitched]

G'day JBerhard,

No doubt by now you have all the info you need, and found out the age. 

I have a Seiko STW28-B . I too wondered what the age of my machine was, just out of general interest. So, I contacted Seiko in Japan. I gave them every detail I could find with attached pics. 

In the pic attached, just below the model number plate , is the serial number plate .  The first two digits,  " 66"  turned out to be the year. It was made in November  1966 . I was born Feb 1966.

Its 50 years old, and like me, they make them to last, ha ha  !!   

All the best,

HS