Acquired 1971 Sears Newport Portable Typewriter (Messa Typewriter )

Serial number: 5124993
Sears Model No. 405-5295 (Pica)
carriage shift; bichrome; 3 touch select settings; tabulator; 13" wide carriage; key de-jammer; carriage lock; 44 keys & 88 characters
Manufactured in Portugal

How could I not pick up his avocado beauty at Acts Thrift for $17.36?! A day’s worth of cleaning ought to bring this bad boy up to snuff. I’m most shocked at the fantastic design of its case.

This is a re-branded Messa typewriter manufactured in Portugal with other known re-badgings as the ABC 3001 and the...

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