Stratford Set, New Old Stock in Box
Lever-filler fountain pen and mechanical pencil set, WW2-era production (most likely shortly postwar), hooded nib design clearly emulating the Waterman Tapite and Parker 51. Pencil uses 1.1mm lead, pen has not had its original sac replaced but is otherwise ready to use. Stratford was one of Salz Brothers' brand names, extensively used in the later 1940s. An economy line, but with real period style. Typical age dulling to trim plating, has not been polished.
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