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ADVANCE NOTICE
The Writetime office will be closed from midday on Wednesday, 21st July
to Friday afternoon, 7th August.
During that time we hope to be able to access and answer e-mails and
also accept orders, but no items will be despatched until
until Monday, 10th August.
Up to 21st July business will be as usual.
OTHER ENGLISH PENS
(all in FULL working order,
unless otherwise stated)
(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good.
EX = Excellent)
(Updated 6th July, 2010)
To order, please click here
We are
Writetime2@aol.com
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A handsome boxed Black CROXLEY pen (1950's).
The pen is virtually mint, with its original MEDIUM nib,
whilst the box has seen some obvious wear over the years.
(click on the image below for a slightly larger picture)
RESERVED
(CROXLEY pens take their name from the village of Croxley Green, Hertfordshire,
and were manufactured for the firm of John Dickinson & Co. Ltd.,
at Apsley,
near Hemel Hempstead)
£45
($75)
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SUMMIT S 125 MINT & boxed,
with a chased patterning and it's original MEDIUM nib
(click on the image below for a slightly larger picture)
(SUMMIT pens are handsome and very durable,
and were manufactured by Curzons of Liverpool)
£50
($85)
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Boxed SUMMIT S 125 pen and pencil set.
Pen has its original MEDIUM semi-flexible nib
(click on the image below for a slightly larger picture)
(SUMMIT pens and pencils were manufactured by
Curzons of Liverpool, and will last a lifetime
)
(A friendly piece of advice. These particular Summit boxes have a sort of soft flock lining
which tends to shed on to the pen and pencil, but at least the box is the original)
£65
($110)
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A RARE, handsome and near mint boxed Blue marble
CROXLEY pen and pencil set (c.1955)
SOLD
These items don't turn up very often, and this one is in its original & rare
plastic/bakelite box, which, unfortunately, has been slightly damaged in one corner,
but has been repaired, before it came to us. See photo below:
Pen has its original MEDIUM flexible 14 carat Gold nib
£80
($135)
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A handsome KINGSWOOD pen in very good condition throughout.
Probably made by the same company who manufactured UNIQUE
pens, this one dates from the early 1950's, has a distinctive
Grecian-style cap band.
SOLD
Complete with it's original 14 carat gold MEDIUM flexible nib
£48
($80)
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TWO UNIQUE pens in a rarely found UNIQUE pens box.
Here are two differing styles, dating from the late 1940's/early 1950's,
and both, like all the pens on this page, are ready to be used.
SOLD
The top one has it's original 14 carat gold MEDIUM nib,
whilst the lower one has its original two-tone FINE plated nib
£75
($125)
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A boxed and handsome Green & Black marble
SUMMIT pen
complete with original filling instructions
SOLD
In very good condition, fully restored, ready to use,
and with its original MEDIUM 14 carat gold semi-flexible nib
£55
($95)
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And here's another earlier and L-O-N-G SUMMIT DE LUXE pen,
this one in Black chased Vulcanite (hard rubber) with
18 carat Rolled Gold cap band.
(probably dates from the late 1920's/early 1930's)
SOLD
Manufactured by Curzons Ltd. of Liverpool (noted on the barrel),
it has what we think is its original MEDIUM flexible warranted 14 carat gold nib
Condition - VG/EX - some wear to the word Summit on the barrel inscription
£50
($85)
THE 'B-B' PEN
Lovely colour, but the manufacturer remains a mystery !
With a barrel inscription that simply reads The 'B-B' pen,
and W.F.P.Co., LONDON,
we wonder if this might be a Wyvern, with a later replaced clip.
(click on the image below for a slightly larger picture)
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To add to the confusion, it has a BROAD semi-flexible Conway gold nib,
though we sure that, also, is not original.
Whatever, it is a pretty pen, and a sought-after colour which looks much
more attractive than shown here in the photographs.
£58
($95)
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THE DAILY HERALD newspaper was published between 1911 and 1964
and one of their promotions was to offer pens specially made
for their Pen Department
This set dates from around 1935. and comes with its original box.
We think it was one of those available through The Daily Herald,
since it's very similar to ones, with their original paperwork,
that we have sold previously.
Both pen & pencil are in full working order, and the pen has a
warranted 14 carat gold MEDIUM flexible nib.
SOLD
£50
($85)
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NO - you're not seeing double !
This really is a virtually identical set to the one above -
even down to the box !
(It's just like buses - you don't see one for ages, and then two come along together !)
SOLD
£50
($85)
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NATIONAL SECURITY
(Updated 11th April, 2009)
National
Security and Rosemary were the brand names of pens made for British Carbon
Papers - the manufacturers could have been Conway Stewart, Mentmore,
Wyvern,
or Curzon's, who made the Summit pens and pencils.
Rosemary ("That's for Remembrance") pens had been established in the early to mid 1920's,
and are now scarce and very desirable collector's items.
The National Security pens here date from the late 1930's to the mid 1940's
and are delightful examples of traditional pen-craftsmanship,
as well as being attractive items both to collect and use.
Our ref. |
Model |
Colour |
Year |
Condition |
Price |
NS 76
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An early BOXED ROSEMARY - that's for Remembrance, pen with Rolled Gold wide cap-band |
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c.1926 | EX - box shows some signs of wear on outside | £55 ($88) |
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NS 82
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Tantalisingly RARE ! (There is a slight difference of colour between pen and pencil, which we think has been caused by the pen being exposed to more light through use, whilst the pencil has remained in the pouch) |
Mid-Blue (sometimes known as Powder Blue)
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c.1930 | EX some slight wear on the pouch (see larger photo) |
£100 ($160) |
| NS 83 |
National Security lever-filler |
Attractive Green marble patterning (click on the image below for a larger picture)  (with original FINE warranted 14 ct Gold nib) |
c.1936 | VG - the barrel of this pen is very slightly mis-shapen, but in no way does that affect its performance. Offered at a bargain price ! | £38 ($60) |
| NS 85 |
National Security lever-filler |
Lighter Green marble (with original flexible MEDIUM warranted 14 carat Gold nib)  |
c.1940 | EX | £50 ($80) |
| NS 84 |
BOXED, quite rare, and very desirable ! National Security lever-filler |
Silver Snakeskin (with original flexible MEDIUM warranted 14 carat Gold nib) |
c.1942 | Pen - EX - near mint Box - a few obvious stains on the lid (see photographs) |
£70 ($110) |
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