1963 Hermes 3000 #3196300
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Created: 11-20-2016 at 09:29PM
Last Edit: 11-20-2016 at 09:29PM
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Description:
I bought this on Nov. 19, 2016, from a friend and fellow writer (at a type-in, typewriter sale, and beer exchange here in western Pennsylvania).
Had wanted a Hermes 3000 for a while (since seeing my first photo of one), and there were TWO for sale at this type-in.
Elite typeface.
Looking forward to using this beauty for letters and other correspondence.
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: Linda Au (Austruck)
Linda Au's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 70
Humorist. Novelist. Scapegoat.
I'm happy to own 17 typewriters currently. Two are models from my childhood: a Royal Signet portable (my first typewriter when I was about 10), and an Underwood TM-5 (used in 9th grade typing class circa 1975).
I used my IBM Selectric II to win NaNoWriMo every year till it mysteriously bit the dust early in 2020. I use my Selectric I a lot since it fits perfectly on my antique typewriter desk. Some of the manuals are currently being used to type letters to new penpals who are all interested in reviving snail-mail letter writing.
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