This single burner "GI pocket stove," Coleman Model 530 is dated A 46
which we interpret to be January-June, 1946.
It has a nickel plated fount, stainless steel top and aluminum pots/carrying case.
The fuel funnel is attached as on the military version above.
The wrench serves as a pot handle for either pot; the pots form covers for the stove.
The burners on this model and the earlier WWII 520 are also of the "roarer" type.

Coleman made two versions of this marine/trailer stove:
Model 345 burned kerosene and Model 348 burned alchohol.
This Model 348, undated, is in Carl Tucker's collection.
The stove on the left was placed on the grate for the photo.
Note the walls are higher than the grates
to keep objects being heated on the stove top.

Model 413C was manufactured by Coleman in the late 1940's.
This stove is in Brien Page's collection.
Note the flat bar on the cover which can be turned over the top
to serve as a towel rack.
Michael Malone notes it can also be used to support the lid
in a level position to provide a table surface.

This Model 411 Coleman stove
appears to have been made later than the 413C above.
It was made by Coleman in Canada
and is in Mike Baker's collection.

Above are two versions of the Model 404 "Bushman" stove, which was made in Australia
by arrangement with "The Coleman Lamp and Stove Company Ltd. of Canada."
The card inside the lid of the stove on the left has a printing date of June, 1954;
it appears to be a functional model for display and has not been fired.
The paint on these two stoves, in David Moody's collection, is original.

This is a Coleman surgical instrument sterilizer.
Fred Kuntz got this unit with the original box and crate
(not shown) and stamped #40 of 114.
The stove is model 523 and is dated 1956.

After WWII the Coleman Speedmaster, Model 500 stove
was made with a nickel plated brass fount (left, dated 1949 A)
and later it was green painted brass (right, dated 1951 B).
Both stoves have been restored and operate.

The Coleman 500A differed from the 500 noticeably
in the round wire grate, rather than scalloped.
This stove, in Fred Kuntz's collection,
has a steel fount and is dated Jan 1957.
The Drum Heater, No. 5050, was made by
the Kamp-Site Products Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Coleman's Model 501 stove was only on the market
for a couple of months before it was recalled
due to problems with the circular generator
which didn't vaporise fuel properly.
Most were recalled and replaced by the company.
This one, dated June '62, is in Jerry Engbring's collection.

Coleman made the 413F two burner stove from 1961 to 1964.
This like-new 413F, in Brooks Wilson's collection,
came with the original paperwork
which includes a Feb '63 date code.

Model 442A has an aluminum case
with red painted steel fount;
the windscreens are red painted aluminum.
This stove, in Glenn Knapke's collection,
has a date code for January, 1964 on the tabs
that hold the fount on the case.

This Coleman 425E two burner stove is date stamped September, 1969
on the tabs that hold the fount on the case of the stove.
Brien Page got the stove with the shields that you see in the front and two sides of the case.
The shields were possibly made by Ato-Mac Industries Inc., Cleveland, Ohio,
that also made the Sparky lantern and stove lighters.

This Model 500A stove made by Coleman Canada
can only be identified as this model by an A stamped on the box in black ink after the model number.
The stove itself can only be dated by the accompanying instruction sheet.
This stove, in Matthew Reid's collection, also differs from the earlier 500
in having a green painted brass fount and filler cap,
and the burner casting is not open between the upper and lower tubes.

Coleman in Toronto, Canada, made this Speedmaster Model 500B
stove, dated Jan, 1972, seen here running.
It differs from the Model 500 stoves above in having
a steel fount, and one piece, large fuel filler cap.
I repainted the burner and grate with high temperature paint.

Coleman stove Model 502 is common as a used model in the US.
This one, dated May, 1972, was only used a few times
and came with the original box and papers.
The ribs on the collar match the ribs on the base rests
of Coleman lantern models 220F and 228F,
from this same period.

The Model 425 series stoves were made by Coleman for several decades beginning in the 1940's.
This Model 425E, in Monte Dodge's collection, is dated July, 1973
on the tabs that hold the fount on the case.

Patented in 1976, this cooktop was made by Campro Inc.
"Cooks free! Right on top of the world's most popular lantern!"
Images on the box show cooking eggs in a small frying pan
and making coffee.
The notch at the top accomodates the handle of a small fyring pan.
This cooktop is in Brien Page's collection.

Canadian Pocket II stove Model 505 came in a storage tin
which in turn was held in a leatherette case with a snap lid and belt loop.
This stove, in Jim Hogg's collection, is date stamped January, 1977.

Two-burner Model 424 is a dual fuel model
(unleaded gasoline or white gas/Coleman fuel)
but the generator life is longer with only the latter fuel.
This model was sold by Coleman in Canada.
This stove is in Mike Baker's collection.

Another Coleman stove in Mike Baker's collection
is this three-burner Model 46D.

This Model 413H stove, in Brien Page's collection, is dated Oct. 1986.

Coleman Model 508 (left) date stamped Dec. 1985 and 508A (right) date stamped Nov. 1995
differ primarily in the pump design and the tip cleaner location.
Model 508 has a separate tip cleaner lever (black tipped lever)
while Model 508A has that feature built into the on-off lever.
Model 508A also has the newer style pump assembly
that requires a special 4-pronged tool to remove.

Coleman made this Classic single burner camp stove,
Model 502A740J, for the Japanese market.
This stove, in Dean DeGroff's collection,
has never been used, includes the box and papers (not shown),
and is dated September '95.

Coleman made this 100 year Centennial Commemorative stove
for the Japanese market and included a soft carrying case.
Chrome-plated steel, each stove is individually numbered
on the plate on the fount.
This one is dated March 2001
and is in Jerry Engbring's collection.