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1950 Gossen Tippa Serial # 24715 1950 Gossen Tippa typewriter, Serial # 24715 Patrick Jamieson's 1950 Gossen Tippa typewriter. 2023-04-04 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Patrick Jamieson: 1950 Gossen Tippa Serial # 24715 Purchased in May 2022 from a seller in The Netherlands. QWERTZ keyboard. Needs some repair; the carriage return lever is not positioned as high as it should be, and would rub the case if used. Other than that, this machine types nicely and has a great feel.

1950 Gossen Tippa #24715

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
Created: 04-27-2022 at 03:05PM
Last Edit: 04-04-2023 at 12:54PM

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Purchased in May 2022 from a seller in The Netherlands. QWERTZ keyboard. Needs some repair; the carriage return lever is not positioned as high as it should be, and would rub the case if used. Other than that, this machine types nicely and has a great feel.

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The number 19763 is stamped on the right end of the carriage rail. Several entries in the Typewriter Database use a number from this location as the serial number. (Just below and to the left is where I've seen the serial number on some other machines, neatly lettered in white paint, directly on the crinkle paint.)
The number 19763 is stamped on the right end of the carriage rail. Several entries in the Typewriter Database use a number from this location as the serial number. (Just below and to the left is where I've seen the serial number on some other machines, neatly lettered in white paint, directly on the crinkle paint.)

The number 24715 is stamped on the bottom of the machine, just below the right ribbon spool. Several entries in the Typewriter Database use a number from this location as the serial number.
The number 24715 is stamped on the bottom of the machine, just below the right ribbon spool. Several entries in the Typewriter Database use a number from this location as the serial number.

Detail of the number found below and in front of the right ribbon spool.
Detail of the number found below and in front of the right ribbon spool.

Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)

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I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a now eight-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, at age six, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He still takes it everywhere, and remains especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers his Escort to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Now that Jaxon's reading and writing skills are steadily improving, he rarely needs anyone to tell him how to spell the words he wants to type.

Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultraportables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Gossen, Hermes, and Rooy machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40+ years) and Haitian art (30+ years)--I am old enough to have owned and regularly used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.


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