You're a cool cat and love to type on your old Oliver typewriter. You need a cool cat ribbon to make all those important words appear on the page.This is a black typewriter ribbon that will fit an Oliver Typewriter. It comes with 2 plastic spools. The ribbon is 1/2 inch wide. The ribbon is 12 yds long. The ribbon and spools will work with Oliver models 3, 5, 9 and 11. You could use this ribbon on an Oliver no. 7 if you wind it onto your metal spools. Our plastic spools are the only ones available that specifically fit the antique Oliver Typewriters.This Ribbon will also fit the later model British Olivers like the Model 20, 21 etc.These are actual working ribbons not display ribbons you can use these to type with.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR OLIVER NO. 5 OWNERS: If you have an Oliver number 5 and it has a backspacer lever use this 1/2 ribbon. If your machine does not have a backspacer use the 7/16" ribbon.