195X Mercury MBM Mercury #ZP-80235
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
Created: 10-08-2023 at 10:25AM
Last Edit: 10-08-2023 at 10:26AM
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Description:
I believe this is the model usually known as the 1511. I think MBM stands for Mercury Business Machines, a Toronto dealer, and that the typewriter was labeled for the dealer at the factory, as a special order.
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Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
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