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1968 Olympia Splendid 33 Serial # 5-1655642 1968 Olympia Splendid 33 typewriter, Serial # 5-1655642 Erwin vanD's 1968 Olympia Splendid 33 typewriter. 2025-04-18 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Erwin vanD: 1968 Olympia Splendid 33 Serial # 5-1655642 Freebee from marketplace.
Needs a good cleaning and polishing, looks a bit smoked.
Kitchen degreaser to the rescue of those old plastic covers.
Be carefull, don't use it on paint and decals.

I couldn't find this model in the serial numbers list, nor could I find this particular serial number with the added 5 in front.
I've looked at some galleries and decied to reference to those and the SF portable serial numbers list.
For now, dated at 1968.
Paolo provided usefull information, thank you.

Paolo Dal Chiele Apr 17 2025
Well, with the names the situation is a bit more complicated. SF stands for Schreibmaschine Flach ("Flat Typewriter") and was the code used by Olympia when the first introduced the reiseschreibmaschine in 1956. The generic model name was kept until about 1958, when Olympia decided to propose a full range of ultraportable, introducing the model name Splendid with the number 33, 66 and 99 from the bottom to the top specifications model. In the proper sense, all of them are "SF".

1968 Olympia Splendid 33 #5-1655642

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Erwin vanD (Typewriterfan)
Created: 04-16-2025 at 05:40PM
Last Edit: 04-18-2025 at 02:00PM

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Freebee from marketplace.
Needs a good cleaning and polishing, looks a bit smoked.
Kitchen degreaser to the rescue of those old plastic covers.
Be carefull, don't use it on paint and decals.

I couldn't find this model in the serial numbers list, nor could I find this particular serial number with the added 5 in front.
I've looked at some galleries and decied to reference to those and the SF portable serial numbers list.
For now, dated at 1968.
Paolo provided usefull information, thank you.

Paolo Dal Chiele Apr 17 2025
Well, with the names the situation is a bit more complicated. SF stands for Schreibmaschine Flach ("Flat Typewriter") and was the code used by Olympia when the first introduced the reiseschreibmaschine in 1956. The generic model name was kept until about 1958, when Olympia decided to propose a full range of ultraportable, introducing the model name Splendid with the number 33, 66 and 99 from the bottom to the top specifications model. In the proper sense, all of them are "SF".

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Hunter: Erwin vanD (Typewriterfan)

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Hello,
Typerwriterfan from the Netherlands, recently bought a few typewriters again and started cleaning and adjusting them.
I haven't touched a typewriter in a long time, but it's fun working with them again.
This is a great database and I will try to contribute too.

Have a nice day,


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