1956 Olivetti Lettera 22 #241286
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lucas Peters (lukiepete)
Created: 02-27-2017 at 10:39PM
Last Edit: 03-01-2017 at 10:54PM
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Description:
Made in Ivrea, Italy
This is a QWERTY keyboard with accent keys necessary to write in French (thus likely a French-Candian keyboard or a keyboard made for the UK market). Purchased from a seller in the UK.
NOTE: Not an embossed "Olivetti" on the paper plate, as might be possible with the very earliest models, though it does feature round keys, thus, likely produced sometime in the 1950s, though of course it's difficult to know exactly with the L22s. 1956 is my best guess given the data.
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: Lucas Peters (lukiepete)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 7
I work on Olivettis, mostly my ICO at home, though I have a couple of L32s with one in Arabic that I break out occasionally. I usually find typewriters that need some refurbishing at the markets around here, refurbish them, and give them to writer-friends as presents. Currently living in Paris.
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