Typewriter Talk / Scheidegger Princess

**Posted by Pete E.** 24-11-2024 15:44:44

My neighbor had borrowed my Princess-Matic for a few weeks and wanted to know if he could buy it.

I told him I would keep an eye out for another and would refurbish it for him simply for my costs to get another into my home.

So now I have this 1953-made machine on its way to our home. Coming out of the UK, again. My previoius machine dates from 1954.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 24-11-2024 16:32:35

So sometime between 1953 and 1954, the "release" for the pop-up paper support was re-designed.

In 1953, it was a push-button over on the right side of the paper tray (in the V-notch cut-out). See Photo 1, below.

In 1954, the "release" was moved to the middle of the paper tray with a stubby lever sticking out to use to release the paper support. See Photo 2, below.

Additionally, the left/right margin sets went from metal to plastic in the 1953 to 1954 time-frame as well.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 10-12-2024 16:15:12

Fresh from the UK.

The UPS truck was 20* F. so the Princess-Matic is warming up in the garage for a day. I keep the garage at 55-58* F. during our winters. Lots of original paperwork in the case with the machine.
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**Posted by mikeytap** 11-12-2024 16:36:25

Nice machine Pete. Looks related to a Maritsa II I once owned.
I know you don't care about cases but that one looks to be in great condition!

**Posted by Pete E.** 11-12-2024 19:24:33

Hi Mike,

I think your Marista 11 machine was a Princess 200 clone when the Germany firm sold their tooling to folks in Bulgaria.

Funny...in the horde of paperwork that came in this case, were copies of two "collection" letters when the student in the UK did not return the machine back to the Scheidegger folks after she completed the typing course.

I assume she moved and kept the machine so all the paperwork stayed in the case. No credit agencies and reports to worry about in those days.
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**Posted by Pete E.** 23-6-2025 19:59:17

Looks like the Scheidegger "Princess-Matic" machine DID come out in the colours which you normally see on the Princess 300 machines.

Photos, below, of a machine on eBay offered out of Estonia.
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