1940 Erika 5 Tab #853655/5
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Nick Winter (winter)
Created: 08-24-2015 at 04:39AM
Last Edit: 01-19-2020 at 03:52PM
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Description:
Bought from a deceased estate in suburban Sydney.
Interesting keyboard - has German shift/backspace keys along with a slew of German characters, yet an English keyboard layout with pound and dollar signs, and to top it all off Spanish inverted question/exclamation marks!
Sold May 2019.
Typeface Specimen:
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Photos:
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Hunter: Nick Winter (winter)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 817
Uni student located in Sydney, AUS. The amount of storage I have is a constant problem as I try to keep feeding my addiction...
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