1955 Voss ST 24 #105660
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Sebastian Kleinschmidt (SebastianKleinschmidt)
Created: 07-23-2026 at 12:19PM
Last Edit: 07-23-2026 at 12:54PM
Description:
This is my Voss ST24 from 1955. When I got it in 2021, we had just moved to Wuppertal, so I really needed a typewriter from here.
It was quite dirty and not working well at all at the time (the carriage had some issues, the typesets were frozen), but now it works quite well. It has a very smooth typing action and the carriage just seems to fly from 9ne end to the other. Plus I really like its aesthetics with the wing-like ribbon covers and the robust style.
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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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