1966 Royal 890 #CV 7573565
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Created: 09-14-2016 at 07:10PM
Last Edit: 09-14-2016 at 07:10PM
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Description:
Blue and cream. In very good shape. Came with case and original manual. Purchased via an online estate auction on 9/14/16 for $4.00.
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Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Linda Au's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 70
Humorist. Novelist. Scapegoat.
I'm happy to own 17 typewriters currently. Two are models from my childhood: a Royal Signet portable (my first typewriter when I was about 10), and an Underwood TM-5 (used in 9th grade typing class circa 1975).
I used my IBM Selectric II to win NaNoWriMo every year till it mysteriously bit the dust early in 2020. I use my Selectric I a lot since it fits perfectly on my antique typewriter desk. Some of the manuals are currently being used to type letters to new penpals who are all interested in reviving snail-mail letter writing.
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