The Ortekh:
Side by side comparison
Paperwork from the Ortekh:
The primary workers are named on the test sheet: Soboleva, Martinov, and Moiseeva. I have to say the alignment in 1993 was good.
Sloppy Ortekh logo:
The Moskva's psychedelic plastic spool:
Price 110 rubles:
Seen online: an early Moskva with impressive decals.
A later model, which I would guess came between the decal model and my Moskva:
-- And I'd guess that this model came between my Moskva and my Ortekh:
very cool. love the glimpse of the history.
ReplyDeletethere's a Japy Script on shopgoodwill within driving distance of you, maybe someone coming to your gathering would want it.
Very interesting find. And with that kind of a $20 temptation, it was a lost cause. I just gave in to a temptation myself for $27, my first real antique, museum type. I figured, I had to celebrate Typewriter Day a little more and reading your post, I really feel I'm not alone by any measure ( :
ReplyDelete(notagain, I bought the antique over that label-less Japy on Shopgoodwill)
Great comparisons with the other Russian machines, I'm learning a lot.
Correction: my temptation was $23.59!
ReplyDeleteI failed to get a Cyrillic Lettera a month or so back. Son egging me on (he'd love an Arabic Oliver - who wouldn't?) but the price went too high. Love the utter faith in the system demonstrated by the punched-on price tag. The second to last photo gets my vote. Want one. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the century!
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