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1948 Sterling-Continental-Standard Portable Serial # 508117 1948 Sterling-Continental-Standard Portable typewriter, Serial # 508117 Hein Reinders's 1948 Sterling-Continental-Standard Portable typewriter. 2023-06-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Hein Reinders: 1948 Sterling-Continental-Standard Portable Serial # 508117 Sterling-Continental.

machine type unknown to me, help requested
Capital letters did not work properly, there was a stray bolt the mechanism. No idea where it came from.
Outlining of letters is problematic, see type face in gallery.

1948 Sterling-Continental-Standard Portable #508117

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)
Created: 06-06-2023 at 04:18AM
Last Edit: 06-10-2023 at 07:38AM

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Sterling-Continental.

machine type unknown to me, help requested
Capital letters did not work properly, there was a stray bolt the mechanism. No idea where it came from.
Outlining of letters is problematic, see type face in gallery.

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Te machine in in black, with no logo or brand name, except on the cover behind the rubber roller The case is black and has accidental stains of white paint.
Te machine in in black, with no logo or brand name, except on the cover behind the rubber roller The case is black and has accidental stains of white paint.


Capital leters are okay, lower case is too high. The carriage is against its lower stops The keys to the extreme left and right (3/4 1/4 and = +) are bend My mistake : the zero in serial number should be a capital O, the 1 is and l There is an (Dutch) ij only in lower case There is a dollar and a pound, and a Dutch curled f for florin There is an exclamation mark on a far right key in the lower row, but it types only the upper part of an exclamation mark. Shoud the period be made after a back space? The types are not properly aligned
Capital leters are okay, lower case is too high. The carriage is against its lower stops The keys to the extreme left and right (3/4 1/4 and = +) are bend My mistake : the zero in serial number should be a capital O, the 1 is and l There is an (Dutch) ij only in lower case There is a dollar and a pound, and a Dutch curled f for florin There is an exclamation mark on a far right key in the lower row, but it types only the upper part of an exclamation mark. Shoud the period be made after a back space? The types are not properly aligned

The stray little M4 bearing bolt that came tumbling from the machine while I was turning it upside down trying to find what was preventing the carriage from getting to its caps position. It is not missing from any position in this machine. It is a typical typewriter bolt, so it goes with the other typewriter bolts.
The stray little M4 bearing bolt that came tumbling from the machine while I was turning it upside down trying to find what was preventing the carriage from getting to its caps position. It is not missing from any position in this machine. It is a typical typewriter bolt, so it goes with the other typewriter bolts.

Hunter: Hein Reinders (heinemaat)

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