1959 Olivetti Lettera 22 #S741055
Status: My Collection
Hunter: JP Guay (JPG)
Created: 09-10-2025 at 05:01PM
Last Edit: 09-10-2025 at 05:05PM
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Description:
This acquisition is the result of a drunken Ebay late night... Sent an offer they should have never agreed too but yet, they did! This little gem is a 1959 Scotland made Olivetti, with a French-Canadian keyboard (this is the only type of keyboard type I seem to score!?)
She's pretty but ain't perfect. Of course, one of the ribbon nut is gone which is much easier to find than the top right key pad; who cares about fraction but full keyboard is nice! A spring in the left margin stop is gone. And a shower is mandatory!
I'm still investigating about the serial number, it has the "S" prefix but it might have the "XS" prefix, I see something under the body and the paper table might have a slightly different color tone than the body... to be continued
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: JP Guay (JPG)
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