Moscow 4 / Москва 4

1956  |  Moskva 4  |  11838

I recently got some old film for my Polaroid Spectra camera and took this picture of my Moskva among some of my Eastern European road maps. The first image is a scan made while it was developing.

I am selling the 1970s Moskva 8M that I brought back with me from Tbilisi back in 2013. It's not a really high-value typewriter, but to the right person it'd be nice to have. It's well-used and a little beaten up but a sturdy machine and works fine. The case is included. Check out its gallery on the database for more photos. If you're interested, send me an email. schreibstang at gmail dot com.

Sent from my new Moskva 4 and my Mercedes Superba

Superb

1937 Mercedes Superba 85932

The pica typeface is interesting because it strongly resembles Olympia's pica, which I previously thought was unique in the world of typewriters (along with Optima). The numbers are almost the same, and the basic letterforms are the same except for some small details and proportions.

The shift keys were replaced (originally they would have said "Um") with Imperial keys that sort of match, and the symbol over the 9 key was replaced, very haphazardly, with the £ symbol.

Sent from my new Mercedes Superba