Rescued & Restored 1930 Royal Model P Portable Typewriter | Serial #P88-255087 | Rare Italic Typeface, Spanish Keyboard & Historic Grace Line Travel Case

📖 Product Overview & Historic Provenance: A 1930s Transcontinental Artifact Discover an extraordinary piece of pre-war typing and maritime travel history: this 1930 Royal Model P portable typewriter (Serial Number: P88-255087). Built in the United States during the golden era of Art Deco industrial engineering, the Royal Model P is celebrated worldwide by collectors and writers for its rock-solid construction, responsive touch, and timeless silhouette.

What elevates this machine into a true collector's treasure is its extraordinary combination of specifications and provenance:

• Rare Italic Typeface: Equipped with a highly sought-after, crisp 10 CPI Italic typeface—an uncommon factory option prized by authors, poets, and collectors.

• Spanish Keyboard Configuration: Features dedicated Spanish characters (Ñ), punctuation (¿, ¡), accent dead-keys, and Spanish function legends (MAYÚSCULAS, TECLA DE RETROCESO).

• Historic South American Maritime Luggage Stickers: Housed in its original case bearing an authentic vintage Grace Line steamship luggage label (famous for luxury passenger voyages between New York, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Bolivia), alongside a period side sticker reading Mollendo (the historic Peruvian Pacific port).

Rescued and painstakingly restored to smooth working order in our Milton Keynes workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop), this machine has been chemically degreased, segment-flushed, and fitted with a brand-new vulcanized rubber platen roller. It is fully operational and ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Royal Model P Portable Typewriter (Serial #P88-255087).

• Manufacturing Year: 1930.

 • Keyboard Layout: Spanish QWERTY Layout featuring Ñ, Spanish punctuation, accent keys, and original Spanish control legends.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Restored. Rescued, chemically flushed, degreased, and calibrated to type smoothly and reliably. (Note: Internal metal linkages show honest age patina consistent with a 1930 machine).

• Brand-New Platen Roller Fitted (£150 Value): Upgraded with a fresh vulcanized rubber platen for cushioned key strikes, reduced noise, and razor-sharp italic impressions.

• Chassis & Case Feet: Fitted with brand-new rubber feet on the exterior case for stable support, while the interior rubber feet have been thoroughly cleaned and remain solid and functional.

 • Ribbon System: Pre-installed with a fresh two-colour fabric ribbon on original metal spools.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Rare Vintage Italic Typeface—offering distinctive, slanted calligraphic character styling on the page.

• Font Pitch: 10 Characters Per Inch (10 CPI / Pica Scale)—delivering bold legibility, crisp definition, and classic spacing across manuscripts, correspondence, and creative writing.

🎨 Cosmetic Presentation & Historic Travel Case

• Visual Presentation: Authentic 1930s character. The glossy black enamel frame is well-preserved with minor age marks consistent with its nearly century-old heritage.

• Glass Keytop Condition: Original nickel-rimmed glass keys have been sanitized and cleaned. The paper key legends underneath display natural, honest age marks that add genuine historic character to the machine. • Original Grace Line Travel Case: Supplied with its original structured carrying case featuring its original leather handle (showing honest age marks and wear). The exterior preserves its original Grace Line South American steamship label and Mollendo side sticker—telling the story of its 1930s voyages.

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information

• 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door.

 • 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with express delivery options available at checkout).

• Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To protect this irreplaceable 1930 artifact and its delicate vintage luggage labels during international transit, we mechanically lock down the carriage rail, wrap the case in protective non-abrasive barriers, insulate it in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the entire unit within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support • Unbox & Start Writing: Your 1930 Royal Model P arrives pre-installed with its fresh ribbon, Grace Line travel case, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately.

• Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your Royal portable typewriter.

 • Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

📖 Have questions about pre-war typewriters or machine maintenance? Read our master guide: Typewriter FAQ: The Ultimate 100 Questions Answered