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198x Royal (Messa) Safari Serial # 6419387 198x Royal (Messa) Safari typewriter, Serial # 6419387 Em Barnes's 198x Royal (Messa) Safari typewriter. 2024-11-09 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Em Barnes: 198x Royal (Messa) Safari Serial # 6419387 Simba (Lion King). Unsure of year manufactured. Purchased from Goodwill online, Fort Worth, TX. Plastic ribbon spools, needs cleaning but types nicely. 11.09.2024 - Raffled this machine off to a lucky winner at a type-in we hosted at a library in Vienna, VA.

198x Royal (Messa) Safari #6419387

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)
Created: 03-09-2024 at 05:56PM
Last Edit: 11-09-2024 at 07:58AM


Description:

Simba (Lion King). Unsure of year manufactured. Purchased from Goodwill online, Fort Worth, TX. Plastic ribbon spools, needs cleaning but types nicely. 11.09.2024 - Raffled this machine off to a lucky winner at a type-in we hosted at a library in Vienna, VA.

Typeface Specimen:

Photos:

Front view.
Front view.

Top view.
Top view.

Carriage return unlocked and ready to go.
Carriage return unlocked and ready to go.

Closer view from top.
Closer view from top.

Rear view - Made in Portugal.
Rear view - Made in Portugal.

Made in Portugal.
Made in Portugal.

Branding on cover.
Branding on cover.

Inside cover.
Inside cover.

Left ribbon spool.
Left ribbon spool.

Right ribbon spool.
Right ribbon spool.

Type test.
Type test.

Serial number.
Serial number.

Left keys and touch selector.
Left keys and touch selector.

Key close up.
Key close up.

Case.
Case.

Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)

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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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Started collecting in March 2021 when an Olympia SM3 caught my eye at a thrift store. By May 2021, I was up to nine. By September 2021, my husband jumped in to the pool with both feet and our collection grew to 37. Phew. By October 2022 we had 64. In 2023 we began attending and hosting events where we can share our collection with the community and other collectors. We've sold or given away about 21. Good times.



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