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197X Olivetti Lettera 35 Serial # A328427 197X Olivetti Lettera 35 typewriter, Serial # A328427 Javier Vazquez del Olmo's 197X Olivetti Lettera 35 typewriter. 2016-11-17 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Javier Vazquez del Olmo: 197X Olivetti Lettera 35 Serial # A328427 Sadly, this typewriter has cost me an unpleasant experience apart from its regular price.

This, of course, is another chapter of the Book of Thrashed Typewriters during Shipping. What can I say... The seller "packed" it leaving the handle out, and it was crushed. Apart from that, a blow coming from behind has left the margin stops crippled, as well as the bell.

This is a pity, considering how nice is the Lettera 35. a decent portable with a more than decent design. The cool thing is how it deceives you: Do you think this is a chunk of plastic? Sure looks like it is... BUT NO! Heavy Metal it is! Maybe not too heavy, but metal anyway. And works as a crossover between the Lettera 12 and the Studio 46, good enough to fry a good pile of paper.

Apart from the wounds from its bumpy ride , this machine needs a new ribbon because the current one is mummified, so no typeface sample for now.

197X Olivetti Lettera 35 #A328427

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 11-17-2016 at 09:00AM
Last Edit: 11-17-2016 at 09:05AM

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Sadly, this typewriter has cost me an unpleasant experience apart from its regular price.

This, of course, is another chapter of the Book of Thrashed Typewriters during Shipping. What can I say... The seller "packed" it leaving the handle out, and it was crushed. Apart from that, a blow coming from behind has left the margin stops crippled, as well as the bell.

This is a pity, considering how nice is the Lettera 35. a decent portable with a more than decent design. The cool thing is how it deceives you: Do you think this is a chunk of plastic? Sure looks like it is... BUT NO! Heavy Metal it is! Maybe not too heavy, but metal anyway. And works as a crossover between the Lettera 12 and the Studio 46, good enough to fry a good pile of paper.

Apart from the wounds from its bumpy ride , this machine needs a new ribbon because the current one is mummified, so no typeface sample for now.

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The first typewriter I saw was my grandpa´s Olivetti Linea 98 at the office. It was just a curio for me. Then I was given a Nakajima, which I didn´t use and my grandfather took it from me because it was easier to handle than the bulky Linea 98. Now I own that typewriter, and I started a little collection in Valladolid, Spain. The Nakajima, which is "my" typewriter only returned home in 2017, almost 20 years later, when he wanted a better typewriter.

A collection that started small grew into something bigger, a nuisace for my family and a great source of satisfaction for me.


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