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19XX Simplex 300 Serial # unknown 19XX Simplex 300 typewriter, Serial # unknown James Gifford's 19XX Simplex 300 typewriter. 2016-09-04 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Gifford: 19XX Simplex 300 Serial # unknown I picked this up at a country market. $30 in the original box and I have no idea how it works? Sure, if it says typewriter on it. Actually, I do have some idea of how it works, in principle. It's in good shape. The rim of the wheel is rusted. The cardboard on the underside is pristine--perhaps reconditioned, or never used? I peeked under the wheel and noticed this printed on the metal: "Oysters, Baltimore MD, --shed 1891." Did the manufacturer repurpose a tin can?

19XX Simplex 300 #unknown

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)
Created: 09-04-2016 at 04:26PM
Last Edit: 09-04-2016 at 04:31PM


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I picked this up at a country market. $30 in the original box and I have no idea how it works? Sure, if it says typewriter on it. Actually, I do have some idea of how it works, in principle. It's in good shape. The rim of the wheel is rusted. The cardboard on the underside is pristine--perhaps reconditioned, or never used? I peeked under the wheel and noticed this printed on the metal: "Oysters, Baltimore MD, --shed 1891." Did the manufacturer repurpose a tin can?

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Repackaged food packaging? I'm glad it doesn't smell like oysters.
Repackaged food packaging? I'm glad it doesn't smell like oysters.


Hunter: James Gifford (giffer)

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I am a writer and book editor as well as a collector of typewriters. It started with an Hermes 3000 desktop, which I stupidly sold last year, but now another sits on my desk for typing envelopes with a beautiful sans serif typeface. I type every day on different machines in my collection, which stands at about 60 at the moment. Favourites include my two 3000s, a 1930s Smith-Corona Silent, the Olivetti Studio 44 (red case), and a crinkle, chrome-encircled Royal Quiet Deluxe. I have also been finding very inexpensive Royal 10s of late; I currently own three, two from the 1910s and the other a later model, and another (1931) I sold to a friend at cost for his son, who appreciates vintage things. I am always on the lookout for new and interesting machines and often trade or sell to try new models. Living and working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



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