This is pretty common. Some machines/brands are easier to find in certain countries/areas than others. 

For example, I live in Australia. 

Here, we have plenty of Royals, Remingtons, Underwoods, and Imperials. Olivettis and the odd L.C. Smith/SmithCorona. 

But you won't see things like Continentals, Woodstocks, etc. I have seen the occasional German typewriter in Australia, but they were mostly brought back during/after WWII by returning Australian soldiers. 

Countries that imported typewriters were likely to import the ones from the BIG companies which were making names for themselves, in one way or another. But there may be other reasons. 

For example, Australia is a former British colony. So one of the main typewriters you find around here is the Imperial. I've seen loads of them. But you won't find any of the domestic American brands, for example Woodstock, or Smith-Premier...I've seen a couple of Oliver 'batwing' typewriters, but not many. 

But we see enough Underwoods, Royals and Remingtons, the three big famous manufacturers. But MOST of the typewriters in Australia, from what I can see, are the fugly postwar 1960s/70s models, which I wouldn't touch with a barge-pole. 

Oliver batswings are fun, but for my purposes, impractical. I type so fast that all those drop-down hammers would just jam up on me in no-time at all. 

I look forward to photographs of your new machine  

And it is annoying - typewriter models changing names from country to country. 

Amelia wrote:

eBay has 3 in Germany that have the "Make Offer" option and there's a Scheidegger Princess-Matic in Ulverston, UK. 

Thanks for looking. There's a couple on sale in the UK, the Ulverston one and another in Wales, but neither are very inspiring. And I think they're both quite expensive for what they are.

Amelia wrote:

On a side note, how much did you pay? (if you don't mind disclosing

It cost £10. For that money I thought I might as well take a chance. I'm going to pick it up later in the week.

Bah. It turned out to be a bit of a dud. Though it's a solid-enough machine and in good condition, it's not a keeper.

Even after having a close look, I'm not sure who made it. I thought it might be a Princess on account of Scheidegger's association with the brand and the presence of a small crown logo on the front, but there's nothing else to indicate who might have manufactured it beyond a 'Made in West Germany' sticker.

Some text near the paper-feed reads 'International 2000', if that's a clue.

It's also much larger than I thought and weighs a ton!

I'll post some pictures when I get a chance, but this one may be bound for a charity shop.