1910 Royal 1 #35506
Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Abbott (TruckerGeek)
Created: 01-23-2020 at 09:04PM
Last Edit: 01-23-2020 at 09:10PM
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1063. My wife found this on Facebook Marketplace. I originally thought it was a Royal No. 5. After looking it up in the database, I was pretty sure it was a No. 1. I told my wife to get with the seller--that I definitely wanted it. When I got it home, I thought the serial number said 85506, which is still a good, low serial number. After I cleaned the serial number and wiped it off, I realized that it was 35506, I was so excited to have such an early Royal typewriter.
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Hunter: John Abbott (TruckerGeek)
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I started my collection back in 2017 when I found a 1993 Brother WP-1250, which was very close to the typewriter I owned and used to write letters home while I was stationed in Korea serving in the US Air Force (I later discovered it was most likely the Brother WP-1150, so I picked that up). In 2018, my wife took me to one of the local antique store and I saw an old typewriter that caught my eye. My wife purchased it for me for Christmas (a 1932 Royal 10). My wife and I decided to limit my collection to 5 typewriters, so I need to sell off my surplus.
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