1963 Smith Corona Sterling #5AX 222286
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Tassano (MikeT)
Created: 11-11-2016 at 10:36AM
Last Edit: 08-22-2020 at 04:25PM
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Description:
Elite. A Silent Super inside, with redesigned bell.
Beautiful typer, very fast.
Found with variable line mechanism sucked into the platen. Thrift store, $12.
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: Michael Tassano (MikeT)
Michael Tassano's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 101
My brother-in-law gave me an Olivetti Lettera 32. I laughed.
I've written a dozen letters to folks and really am having fun.
I bought an Olivetti 21 (Studio 44 in portable body).
My brother-in-law laughed.
I now have over 60 typewriters. No one is laughing.
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