Fully Restored Olivetti Lettera 15 Portable Typewriter | Rare Original Packaging, Custom Shoulder Bag & Elite Typeface

📖 Product Overview: Rare Collector’s Set in Near-New Condition

Presenting an exceptionally rare and complete time-capsule discovery: a mid-century Olivetti Lettera 15 portable typewriter in near-new cosmetic and mechanical condition. Manufactured with Olivetti’s signature crisp, precise engineering, the Lettera 15 is renowned for its lightweight body, ultra-smooth key travel, and robust reliability.

Finding a Lettera 15 in this pristine condition is remarkable on its own—but what makes this particular offering extraordinary is its complete original accessory package. It includes its original factory Olivetti cardboard box alongside a convenient shoulder bag for effortless travel and protection. Overhauled in our UK workshop, this machine features a like-new rubber platen, extra-smooth key action, and comes pre-fitted with a vibrant purple ink ribbon for a truly unique and elegant typing aesthetic.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Olivetti Lettera 15.

• Origin: Precision-engineered by Olivetti.

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Deep-cleaned, chemically degreased, segment-flushed, and calibrated for an extraordinarily smooth, light, and responsive touch.

• Platen & Feed Rollers: Features a like-new rubber platen roller that grips paper firmly, cushions key impacts, and ensures whisper-quiet, sharp impressions.

• Ribbon System: Pre-installed with a brand-new, high-density Purple fabric typewriter ribbon on spools—delivering a distinctive, artistic touch to every letter and journal entry.

• Ideal For: Novelists, daily journal keepers, poets, and collectors seeking a museum-grade, fully functional writing setup.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Crisp, elegant Elite Typeface.

• Font Pitch: 12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI / Elite Scale)—producing clean, sharp, and highly legible text density across every page.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Premium Collector Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Near-New Condition. The casing is exceptionally well-preserved, displaying virtually no signs of age or handling.

• Rare Original Olivetti Factory Box Included: Supplied with its original factory cardboard packaging—an incredibly rare find for Olivetti collectors.

• Carrying & Travel Bag: Includes a comfortable, sturdy shoulder bag for easy, stylish transport to coffee shops, writing retreats, or park benches.

📋 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 protect this pristine collector's piece during international transit, we mechanically lock down the carriage rail, insulate the typewriter and original box 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 Olivetti Lettera 15 arrives pre-installed with its fresh purple ink ribbon, original box, shoulder bag, 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 specific Olivetti 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.

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