1943 Smith Corona Standard #3C300146
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Robert G (RobertG)
Created: 12-27-2015 at 01:45AM
Last Edit: 08-22-2020 at 04:46PM
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Description:
Plain dark grey, mostly blackened metal parts.
Likely originally manufactured with regular US keyboard and modified to a Belgian layout after the war.
(Keys are new replacement keytops and rings.)
Typeface Specimen:
Photos:
All black at the back
Blackened carriage sides. Different knob style from the first Speedlines
Machine cleaned up well. The keys actually print that way, pressing the letter actually does print that letter...
Serial number
View of mechanism underneath - all parts blackened and clean
Typeslugs marked CSA 1A
Hunter: Robert G (RobertG)
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