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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.


196X
Eaton's (Smith-Corona)
Viking Custom

Serial #5C-497101

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1972
Brother
Activator 899

Serial #B2988998

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1957
Olivetti
Lettera 22

Serial #6706190

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1959
Remington
Letter-Riter

Serial #ELR411760

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1961
Olympia
SM7

Serial #1880765

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1965
Royal
Parade

Serial #PR 6278719

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198X
Messa
5000

Serial #3300-01762

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