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1940 Olivetti M40 Serial # 241014 1940 Olivetti M40 typewriter, Serial # 241014 Mark Schrad's 1940 Olivetti M40 typewriter. 2026-01-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Schrad: 1940 Olivetti M40 Serial # 241014 I thought I'd be far more enamored with this machine than I ended-up being. Purchased from the fellows down at Philly Typewriter in January of 2026. I believe it used to be part of the Bob DeBarth collection. It needed a lot of work--a thorough cleaning of course, and a new drawband. But there was also this mysterious white substance on the front plate that seemed to produce something of a "shadow" of the keys that were in front of it. Nevertheless, it did clean off.

1940 Olivetti M40 #241014

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
Created: 01-30-2026 at 03:52PM
Last Edit: 01-30-2026 at 03:53PM

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I thought I'd be far more enamored with this machine than I ended-up being. Purchased from the fellows down at Philly Typewriter in January of 2026. I believe it used to be part of the Bob DeBarth collection. It needed a lot of work--a thorough cleaning of course, and a new drawband. But there was also this mysterious white substance on the front plate that seemed to produce something of a "shadow" of the keys that were in front of it. Nevertheless, it did clean off.

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