1955 Hermes Baby #5456952
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Sebastian Kleinschmidt (SebastianKleinschmidt)
Created: 07-24-2026 at 03:31AM
Last Edit: 07-24-2026 at 03:33AM
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Description:
This is my second Hermes Baby from 195t. I got it through another collector, who had used it as a parts machine.
It works brilliantly, even better than my other Hermes Baby as it does not sometimes skip a line when using the carriage return lever. Plus it has an elite typeface, which I really enjoy using on smaller sheets of paper (DIN A5). However, it is missing its metal frame, which the former owner used for another machine. This means that I won’t take it with me on vacation but I use it frequently at home.
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Hunter: Sebastian Kleinschmidt (SebastianKleinschmidt)
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I'm a typewriter collector from the West of Germany (living in Wuppertal) and I am interested in various kinds of brands and types from pre- and post-WW2, particularly focusing on Seidel & Naumann (Ideal & Erika), Triumph-Adler and Smith-Corona (my favourite brand!), although I own some other brands and am looking at some others (Underwood, Remington). I particularly like portables, my favourite pre-WW2 typewriter being the Erika 5 and my favourite post-WW2 typewriter being my Smith-Corona Silent-Super. However, I most often turn to my Hermes Baby from the 1950s when travelling.
I got into this mess (i.e. collecting typewriters) when I got an Ideal DZ33 in mid-2020. It arrived damaged, which made me sad. To cheer me up I got an Erika 5 after that and then I couldn’t stop. As of July 2026 I own 30 complete typewriters, 1 in parts (an Oliver) and gave away 3 typewriters.
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