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and will be shut until February 29th.
Though nothing can be mailed during this period,
we will be able to answer enquiries and accept orders.
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OTHER
ENGLISH PENS
(all in FULL working
order, unless otherwise stated)
(Condition Scale: F =
Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent)
(Updated 6th January, 2020)
To
order, please click here
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MENTMORE
pens were made in Hackney, East London, UK, between the 1920's and the
mid 1950's.
They are attractive, exceptionally well-made, and were deservedly very
popular,
especially between 1946 and the mid 1950's.
Mentmore also manufactured for several other distributors
and they, themselves, also used the brand name of Spot.
PAY
FOR YOUR PURCHASES WITH PAYPAL
(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G =
Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).
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order, please click here
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Our ref. |
Model |
Colour |
Year |
Condition |
Price |
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A handsome lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) .jpg) with original MEDIUM nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib  |
Green & Black marble | c.1940 | EX | £60 | |
PME 13
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The lever-fill version of the AUTO-FLOW, with the sword-like gold-plated clip (click on the images below for larger pictures)  with original MEDIUM nib - click HERE for a picture of the nib .jpg) |
Blue marble | c.1941 | EX - apart from the fact that the cap-band does not seem to have been gold-plated (the plating on the filler lever and the clip is in superb unmarked condition) | £65 | |
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Streamlined, handsome, and boxed, complete with paper-work - together with the Celeste, this (the Paramount) was Mentmore's final model (click on the images below for larger pictures)  with original FINE nib (Mentmore's own description) - click HERE for a picture of the nib .jpg) |
Blue marble | c.1952 | Pen: EX Box: EX - apart from one small blemish on the lid - and it has its original colour-code sticker still attached |
£70 |
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A small corner of fountain pen history !
This is the very last model of the CROXLEY,
manufactured in Kirkby, Liverpool, just before
the company suddenly ceased production a
few months later, in mid 1949
(click on the images below for larger pictures)
Croxley pens were originally made at the John Dickinson
factory near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
They took the name Croxley from the
nearby village of Croxley Green, and this was the
first and only streamline pen they manufactured,
known as The TORPEDO.
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This set is MINT, RARE, and desirable,
not just because it is their last,
but also because it is in an un-damaged
iconic Art-Deco style plastic box complete
with the CROXLEY logo (click here to see).
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The pen has its original MEDIUM flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for pictures)
and also included is a phial of spare leads
for the pencil.
You won't find ANOTHER in this condition, anywhere !
£120
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A handsome and L-O-N-G executive-style
pen - THE WAVERLEY, manufactured by
McNiven & Cameron of Glasgow and London
c.1938.
Slim and impressive, this pen is in very nice
condition, apart from a slight line of 'pinching'
near the top of the cap
(it came to us with an early Burnham clip,
which we've left in situ)
SOLD !
Complete with what we think is its original
semi-flexible MEDIUM/BROAD warranted nib
£48
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Probably manufactured
by Langs of Liverpool -
This is the lever-filling STEPHENS No.76
This is a post-war utility model, probably for school use,
with nickel-plated trim and a FINE/MEDIUM steel nib
SOLD !
£45
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This might also have been on the Burnham page
CHATSWORTH pens were made by the Burnham Pen Company,
especially for Boots, the chemists (click HERE to see the clip of this pen)
and they don't often turn up for sale with their original box with the wording
Guaranteed by Boots Stationery Department.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)
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Complete with original semi-flexible MEDIUM 14 carat gold nib
click HERE for a picture of the nib
£55
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NATIONAL SECURITY
(Updated
13th January, 2017)
National Security
and Rosemary
were the brand names of pens made for British Carbon
Papers of Farringdon, in the City of London.
During the 1920's/30's the manufacturers were Henry Stark,
Son & Hamilton,
also registered at the same Farringdon address.
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.
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Our ref. |
Model |
Colour |
Year |
Condition |
Price |
NS 107
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One of the rarer NATIONAL SECURITY models, complete with original box and paperwork (with MEDIUM warranted semi-flexible 14 carat gold nib, which we think is a replacement)  |
Green & Black marble, with transparent section on the barrel | c.1939 | Pen: EX Box: well worn on outside, but coimpletely intact |
£55 |
NS 108
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A longer lever filler in a sturdy and desirable National Security presentation box
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Green & Black marble | c.1939 | Pen: slightestdeformation in the shape of the barrel. Box: VG, and sturdy |
£50 |
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NS 105
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At
first glance, this could well be a LADY PARKER Duofold from the early
1930's - but you'd be wrong. It is clearly engraved NATIONAL SECURITY English Manufacture
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Jade with gold plated trim | c.1936 | EX | £65 |
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