1967 Olivetti Lettera 32 #2987795
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 06-12-2017 at 02:22PM
Last Edit: 04-22-2018 at 04:46PM
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Description:
Ohio antique mall purchase. Heavy for a portable but metal is good and is a well-built machine. Made in Ivrea (part of Turin metro area) Italy. Came with blue soft case and brochure-like manual. Machine had a new ribbon and made a good typeface specimen. No longer own this machine, sold to a friend.
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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Tom Beauvais's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1192
Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
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