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1953 Oliver Portable Serial # 5337209 1953 Oliver Portable typewriter, Serial # 5337209 Dimitris Nikou's 1953 Oliver Portable typewriter. 2024-01-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Dimitris Nikou: 1953 Oliver Portable Serial # 5337209 Oliver Portable made in England by the Oliver Typewriter Manufacturing Co in 1953. This is one of the portables that Oliver rebranded and produced under its name, originally a Patria design, a beautiful and handy portable that had on my wish list for long. It is the first typewriter I decided to purchase through eBay because It would be difficult to find localy. More than that, it was priced really low, so it definately was not a big risk. My concern was, of course, the shipping as I have heared a lot of stories about bad packing and destroyed machines arriving to dissapointed buyers. But everything went well in the end and this Oliver arrived well packed and in good shape.

The machine works nice, although it is not as soft to use as, for example, my Hermes Baby of that era, but I am not sure if this is the typing style of this machine or because of its age. Of course, I have to think that a new ribbon will also allow me to type softer. Nevertheless, it is a nice, steady portable, well built and with the most interesting ribbon color selector that I have seen - located inside the type basket. I love the elegant grey color, the cut out Oliver logo both on the paper rest and in front of the type slugs (with something red as background) and also the decal on the left side, showing Oliver Cromwell. I think there is a little issue with the typing alignment, but I really don't mind that much. Lovely machine overall!

1953 Oliver Portable #5337209

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Hunter: Dimitris Nikou (dimnikou)
Created: 10-16-2020 at 05:15AM
Last Edit: 01-30-2024 at 12:19AM

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Oliver Portable made in England by the Oliver Typewriter Manufacturing Co in 1953. This is one of the portables that Oliver rebranded and produced under its name, originally a Patria design, a beautiful and handy portable that had on my wish list for long. It is the first typewriter I decided to purchase through eBay because It would be difficult to find localy. More than that, it was priced really low, so it definately was not a big risk. My concern was, of course, the shipping as I have heared a lot of stories about bad packing and destroyed machines arriving to dissapointed buyers. But everything went well in the end and this Oliver arrived well packed and in good shape.

The machine works nice, although it is not as soft to use as, for example, my Hermes Baby of that era, but I am not sure if this is the typing style of this machine or because of its age. Of course, I have to think that a new ribbon will also allow me to type softer. Nevertheless, it is a nice, steady portable, well built and with the most interesting ribbon color selector that I have seen - located inside the type basket. I love the elegant grey color, the cut out Oliver logo both on the paper rest and in front of the type slugs (with something red as background) and also the decal on the left side, showing Oliver Cromwell. I think there is a little issue with the typing alignment, but I really don't mind that much. Lovely machine overall!

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Decal showing mr Oliver Cromwell, British political leader from the 17th century.
Decal showing mr Oliver Cromwell, British political leader from the 17th century.




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Writer and blogger from Athens, Greece. I own a small collection of typewriters, most of my machines are functional and I try to repair any with problems that keeps it from typing. For me, it is important for a typewriter not just to sit on a shelve for display, but to be able to type when I want to. On the links below you will find my blogs and social media profiles. Feel free to follow me and get in touch if you want. I am always happy to communicate :)


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