Fully Restored Royal Model P Portable Typewriter | Rare Vogue Typeface & Brand-New Platen

📖 Product Overview: The Undisputed Holy Grail of Typewriter Typography

Discover the striking, world-famous "Vogue" typeface on this uncommon Royal Model P (Serial P 262364, manufactured in 1931)—among the most coveted, beautiful, and sought-after fonts in the typewriter world. The Royal Model P is celebrated for its iconic "gull-wing" ribbon spool covers and art-deco styling, but finding one equipped with the rare, geometric Vogue typeface in a sleek, high-gloss original black frame is an extraordinary opportunity for serious collectors and design aesthetes.

Fully restored down to its individual linkages by our expert workshop team, this machine merges 1930s art-deco elegance with modern writing reliability.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Highlights

• Brand & Model: Royal Model P (Serial No. P 262364 / Year 1931)

• Origin: Manufactured in the United States by Royal Typewriter Company.

• Keyboard Layout: Standard American QWERTY Layout (featuring the US "$" key).

• Mechanical Status: 100% Fully Functional & Workshop Restored. Professionally overhauled to full working condition with smooth, snappy, and responsive keystrokes.

• Brand-New Platen Roller Fitted (£150 / $200 Value): Equipped with a freshly fitted rubber platen roller for superior key-strike cushioning, quiet typing acoustics, and crisp, razor-sharp ink impressions.

• Brand-New Rubber Feet Fitted: Fitted with brand-new, custom rubber feet to stabilize the machine, reduce surface vibration, and protect your writing desk.

• Fresh Two-Tone Ribbon Installed: Pre-installed with a brand-new 10-meter Group 9 (GR9) black & red typewriter ink ribbon on metal spools—poised to deliver vibrant, multi-color impressions from your very first keystroke.

• Audible Feedback: Features a clear, excellent dinging margin bell and deeply satisfying mechanical action.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Rare, highly coveted VOGUE Typeface—an iconic, art-deco geometric font designed exclusively for Royal in 1930.

• Typography Impact: Highly legible, clean, and striking—making every page of prose, correspondence, or poetry look like a work of modernist art.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Original Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Excellent to near-perfect condition throughout, featuring a deep, glossy black frame with only minimal age-appropriate marks.

• Keytop Condition: Features original, pristine glass-topped keys with white legends—providing a smooth tactile feel and superior key legibility.

• Original Carrying Case Included: Includes its original vintage carrying case, which secures the typewriter and remains attached to its wooden base (best kept in place for structural protection and stability). New handle will be fitted. 

📋 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 prompt EU dispatch and express delivery options available at checkout).

• Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To guarantee your machine survives international air transit, we mechanically lock the carriage, wrap the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the typewriter within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support

• Unbox & Start Writing: Your Royal Model P arrives pre-installed with a fresh ink ribbon and our primary step-by-step startup instructions designed by our workshop team. 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 specific Royal 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.

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