Product Description
Type Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil Boxed Set
Product Name Insignia
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA -- 1997-98 (The ballpoint has date code IP for 1997 and the Mechanical Pencil has date code IIIE for 1998).
Length Ballpoint: 5-5/16"; Mechanical Pencil: 5-1/4"
Filling System The pen takes Parker style ballpoint refills and a working one refill is installed in the pen. The pencil takes 0.5mm leads which it extends lead via the cap actuated, or "repeater" mechanism (you click down the top piece, just like most modern pencils). A packet of leads will be included.
Color Black lined caps and barrels with gold plated trim.
Condition Near mint condition, in box, with paperwork and with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a beautifully dark and shiny pen and pencil set. The ballpoint cap and barrel are perfect. The cone looks great. The clip has some microscratching and little dots of plating wear. as does the flat top of the cap. The mechanical pencil cap and barrel look perfect. The cone has a few tiny scratches. The clip has a few small dots of scratching near the top and the very top of the clicker has some tiny splotches of plating wear. The imprints on both pieces are clear.