1966 Royal 440 #8390000
Status: Sightings
Hunter: LaDonna Qualtieri (Sk8rcruz)
Created: 08-07-2025 at 06:20PM
Last Edit: 08-07-2025 at 06:23PM
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Description:
Spotted at the East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse in Oakland CA on 8/7/25. I accidentally deleted the photo of the SN but the database shows this Oyster White manual machine being produced in 1966 so I’m posting it anyway. If Iget the actual sn later I’ll update this. Despite the sign, I removed the ribbon cover, cleared the tabs, set the Magic Margins, and got a type sample. It is dusty but not rusty! The price tag is $80. Everything worked fine. I’m not sure if the typeface really is that tiny or if it just looks that way because of how large of a machine this is. I grabbed a ruler out of a bin and measured the text at 13cpi.
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Hunter: LaDonna Qualtieri (Sk8rcruz)
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I have many pen pals and correspond via handwritten and typed letters. I have a (painful) sitting disability and type while standing- UPDATE! I can also type on an ultraportable I set up on my bed. Typing and collecting machines with different typefaces keeps me busy and happily distracted from the difficulties in life-fountain pens, too, and I can write legibly, in cursive, while laying down. Join me on Type Pals and register for the monthly postcard exchanges. The “Cat Mews” is a quarterly publication of the philatelic topical group Cats On Stamps Study Unit (COSSU), for which I am a column contributor. My cats are Wiffle Wizard and Urushi (Rushi) Blizzard, aka the Blizzard Sisters. IRL friend on here is Zach Hubbird
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