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Friday, January 3, 2014

A Near Match to my 1960 Olivetti

 My 1960 Olivetti with French accents and mathematical symbols. 
I bought this typewriter in Snohomish, Washington.
 I am still trying to figure out which country it was made for. It was made in Glasgow.
Below is a "Spanish" keyboard Olivetti from The Vintage Typewriter Shoppe. It was sold in 2011. It is also missing most Spanish accents, the ñ, ¿, and ¡ symbols. It also lacks the μ that my Lettera 22 is equipped with. (Greek letter Mu, often used in various sciences, pharmacology, mathematics, linguistics, and meat science. For more, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_symbol) If anyone has theories related to my Lettera's keyboard, please email them to typewriterresearch@gmail.com. Anything will be greatly appreciated.
"Spanish Keyboard Oivetti Lettera 22" from The Vintage Typewriter Shoppe . This item sold in 2011.
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2 comments:

  1. Richard PJanuary 3, 2014 at 4:53 PM

    My guess is that, with the £ sign, your machine was made for the UK market, but the buyer requested some custom symbols to replace the usual silly assortment of fractions found on British typewriters.

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  2. Rob BowkerJanuary 4, 2014 at 11:22 AM

    Just a guess - a British customer living in France (it is only 20 miles away) while at the Sorbonne reading mathematics.

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