1953 Gossen Tippa #90880
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
Created: 06-03-2023 at 03:28PM
Last Edit: 06-03-2023 at 03:29PM
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Purchased in May 2023 from a seller in Germany. German QWERTZ keyboard. Shows wear, with the paint rubbed away at the edges. Quite dirty, especially the type slugs, but the keys move freely and it types nicely.
This is the third generation Gossen Tippa, often called the Tippa B. Released in mid to late 1953, its primary exterior identifying features are a slightly less angular shell with a smooth (rather than crinkle) paint finish, and gull wing covers over the ribbon spools rather than a one-piece cover. At 9 pounds 9 ounces (with metal lid), it weighs in at just over a pound heavier than the second generation Tippa.
I will post fresh pictures and a type sample after I've cleaned it up.
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Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
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I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a now eight-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, at age six, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He still takes it everywhere, and remains especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers his Escort to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Now that Jaxon's reading and writing skills are steadily improving, he rarely needs anyone to tell him how to spell the words he wants to type.
Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultraportables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Gossen, Hermes, and Rooy machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40+ years) and Haitian art (30+ years)--I am old enough to have owned and regularly used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.
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