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1936 Royal O Serial # 540493 1936 Royal O typewriter, Serial # 540493 Roger Hyam's 1936 Royal O typewriter. 2025-12-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Roger Hyam: 1936 Royal O Serial # 540493 Very nice condition. Platen is hard but otherwise in good working condition. I was gifted it from the estate of Dave Barker. I've t-cut the paint back to a gloss finish, new ribbon and general clean up so it types OK. The only issue is the ribbon rides up a bit but I think that might be because it is a cheap, thin ribbon rather than the typewriter. I'm donating this to charity December 2025.

1936 Royal O #540493

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Roger Hyam (rogerhyam)
Created: 12-14-2025 at 09:15AM
Last Edit: 12-14-2025 at 09:25AM

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Very nice condition. Platen is hard but otherwise in good working condition. I was gifted it from the estate of Dave Barker. I've t-cut the paint back to a gloss finish, new ribbon and general clean up so it types OK. The only issue is the ribbon rides up a bit but I think that might be because it is a cheap, thin ribbon rather than the typewriter. I'm donating this to charity December 2025.

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Hunter: Roger Hyam (rogerhyam)

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I've caught the typewriter bug from somewhere recently. I think it may have been a long running exhibition at the museum here in Edinburgh. Generally I have a desire to be more analogue.


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