PARKER CLASSIC 1990 DUOFOLD CENTENNIAL BLK. INTERNATIONAL PEN BOX MANUAL MINTY

Description

PARKER 1990 LETTER Q CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL FOUNTAIN PEN BOX MANUAL REALLY MINT. . (1401)
Pen Description
Parker Duofold Centennial Fountain Pen. Made in England 1990. Black cast acrylic with gold filled fittings. 18K two-tone medium nib. This is the MK 1 version, made shortly after introduction, having the regular not the shorter pocket clip.
Pen uses a cartridge or cartridge convertor filling system (convertor included). The cap which unscrews from body has gold filled, high relief clip and raised double cap bands.
Barrel has gold bands to front of section, one between barrel and section and a further two gold bands to rear of barrel. Pen carries inscription �PARKER - MADE IN UK - Q to cap, above lip bands. This reference number accurately dates the manufacturer of this pen to the first quarter of 1990. Barrel un-screws from section to access cartridge or piston bottled ink convertor.
NibParker Duofold Centinnial international Fountain Pen
Solid 18ct gold nib with with inlaid ruthenium arrow motif. Nib is stamped �PARKER - 18K - 750�. Parker logo stamped to unseen part of nib. Medium writing tip, smooth writer.
like all my descriptions this one its SUPER CLEAN you really must look at the pictures, which sometimes shows fuss from the cotton gloves. as is happy buyng  *barrel id date is Q 1990 cap * made in UK the luster is real as is happy buying this one goes insured and signature
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INFO FROM WEB
classic Black
Over the years there have been a multitude of Limited Edition, Special Edition and Special Purpose Edition Duofold pens offered. These Edition pens are separately covered in the chapter Limited Editions. April 1st 1989 Parker introduced the Duofold International, a smaller sized version of the Centennial, available in the same three finishes of Black, Marbled Blue and Marbled Maroon. The International featured a smaller 18K gold nib with the nib grade options of Extra Fine, Fine, Medium and Broad.
For the Christmas holiday season of 1989 Parker teamed up with Newsweek magazine in an ad campaign at 52 US airports around the nation. Huge back-lit posters 3 by 4,2 metres (10 by 14 ft), featuring prominent American military and State Department leaders.
The signs were also to be found along major commuter rail routes and reached millions of travellers. It was part of Parker's Christmas program, the biggest promotion campaign so far in the company's history with a budget of .4 million
In 1990 a new clip in higher relief that was manufactured to hold to be bent 100
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000 times without losing its spring.