1973 Erika 30 #4844524

Status: My Collection
Hunter: S W (wawax)
Created: 08-29-2023 at 10:57AM
Last Edit: 08-29-2023 at 10:59AM

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Description:

Erika 30, 40 and newer are the workhorses of the former Comecon countries. They were very popular and are still easy to find at auctions today. Their value is therefore not great.
However, the sentimental value is huge. Thousands of doctoral dissertations, professor books, articles and textbooks have been written on these machines. They were light, fast and quite reliable.
I still use this typewriter to this day when I need to type something quickly or fill out a form.
The differences between the models were not large. Better models had a tab stop and a right margin lock. The latter function is easy to add - just screw a piece of metal plate to the right margin adjuster.

Typeface Specimen:

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The platen view

Serial number

The keys are worn out. I'll have to freshen up the white paint.

The ribbon vibrator is very good. It almost never allows ribbon traces on paper - just clear letters.

Top view

Side view

Hunter: S W (wawax)

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Typewriters were always around me. Some have been with me all my life. Others I saved from being thrown in the trash when the computer age came.
I'm not creating a museum. My typewriters are used. Rarely but regularly. Therefore, the collection is not large, and each machine has a Polish typeface.