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1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # A-1718661 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter, Serial # A-1718661 Mark Petersen's 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter. 2015-07-31 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Petersen: 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # A-1718661 Purchased at Christiansbug, VA Goodwill for a rounded up $13. Terribly dirty and with a broken escapment where the dog was not engaging the gear at the right point. After much pondering I fixed it, and then sold it to a friend since I have a 49 Arrow and didn't need both.

1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1718661

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)
Created: 07-31-2015 at 06:01PM
Last Edit: 07-31-2015 at 06:01PM


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Purchased at Christiansbug, VA Goodwill for a rounded up $13. Terribly dirty and with a broken escapment where the dog was not engaging the gear at the right point. After much pondering I fixed it, and then sold it to a friend since I have a 49 Arrow and didn't need both.

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Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)

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I am an aspiring novelist and avid typewriter enthusiast from the New River Valley in Virginia. I am a proud Virginia Tech graduate with an education in creative writing. I use typewriters for all my writing and am working on a novel. I also do street poetry. I often can be found writing on one of my machines in downtown Blacksburg and enjoying a drink.
You can email me at totallyyourtype@gmail.com
You can mail me at Mark Petersen / PO Box 6683 / Christiansburg, VA 24068-6683



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