197X Smith Corona Super Sterling #6SS 917395
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Currie Russell (Airportguy)
Created: 10-07-2020 at 03:59PM
Last Edit: 10-07-2020 at 04:11PM
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Description:
Second in my collection - picked up from an antique shop in Orangeville, ON. I think every collector needs a Smith-Corona. They're snappy typers and a good place to start for a newbie - they can usually be had relatively inexpensively, although I'm sure I paid more for this one than I should have. The serial number is off the charts for the 6SS series, so any help with clarifying its date of manufacture would be appreciated!
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Hunter: Currie Russell (Airportguy)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 480
My father brought with him a Hermes Rocket when he emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1967 and I remember playing with it as a kid. This memory was reignited while I was in Montreal for work this past February and came across a stationery shop that had five typewriters in the window. When I got home, I went on the hunt for my first typewriter - caught the bug and haven't stopped!
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