OTHER ENGLISH PENS
(all in FULL working order, unless otherwise stated)
(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent)

(Updated 29th August, 2021)

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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.

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(Condition Scale: F = Fair. G = Good. VG = Very Good. EX = Excellent).

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Our ref.	Model	Colour	Year	Condition	Price
ME 131	A similar lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original semi-flexible MEDIUM nib click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Green & Black marble	c.1940	VG - plating on filler lever doesn't quite match that on cap	£50
ME 135	Another lever-filling AUTO-FLOW (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib, with slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Gold & Black marble (faded)	c.1940	VG - would have been EX but for some slight fading of colour	£50
ME 141	A lever-filling DIPLOMA (wider cap band than the Auto Flow) (click on the images below for larger pictures) with original MEDIUM nib, with slight flex click HERE and HERE for pictures of the nib	Light and Dark Green marble	c.1940	VG - some slight pitting on filler lever	£50

A superb large pen & pencil set
By any standards, this is among the best of vintage
pen manufacture, and the box is clearly marked
BRITISH MADE.
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

The button-filling pen is quite slim, but long - longer than a
Parker Streamline Senior Duofold - and the whole set is
in virtually MINT condition.

There is no clue to the manufacturer, though we are reasonably
certain that it was manufactured in Liverpool by the Lang
Pen Company.

A lovely and rare set to own (and use).
(click HERE and HERE for the pictures of the FINE nib)

£120

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A MINT STEPHENS No.270 pen,
just as it left the factory in 1948,
and complete with its original price-band
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

(this model was originally known as the No.1, but was
re-named as the No.270 in 1947)

The box is not the original (and, as you can see, is not mint)
(click HERE and HERE for the pictures of the nib)

£95
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Another STEPHENS pen, this time, a No.76
(with the unique Stephens button-filler you cannot lose)
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Manufactured in the mid 1930's
this model has nickel-plated trim
Click HERE to see the barrel inscription

with original MEDIUM/BROAD semi-flexible nib
(click HERE and HERE for the pictures of the nib)
£60
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A really nice rare, handsome, and chunky
bulb-filling pen
almost certainly made by Mentmore
(click on the images below for larger pictures)

Probably manufactured in the late 1930's
and a delight to hold and use.

MEDIUM nib which has a bit of flexibility
(click HERE and HERE for the pictures of the nib)

£75
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NATIONAL SECURITY
(Updated 1st May, 2021)

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, as well as some other London pen companies.

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 early1930'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 111	A long and slim NATIONAL SECURITY lever-filler (with FINE and firm warranted 14 carat gold nib)	Green and Black marble	c.1939	VG - two tiny marks on the section	£60
NS 116	A NATIONAL SECURITY button-filler (with MEDIUM warranted flexible 14 carat gold nib)	Black and Gold marble	c.1939	G/VG - with replacement Burnham 'teardrop' clip	£50
NS 115	A really RARE and handsome NATIONAL SECURITY pen - in a colour that we've never seen before - and probably won't see again. (with MEDIUM warranted 14 carat gold semi-flexible nib)	Pearl and Black marble	c.1948	VG/EX - some small plier marks on the section	£100

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