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THIS AUCTION IS FOR A RARE
SHEAFFER
IMPERIAL AS9 TOUCHDOWN FOUNTAIN PEN
IN SAGE GREEN BARREL AND CAP WITH GOLD PLATED FITTINGS AND NO WHITE DOT, WIDE CAP BAND
CANADA C1960, THE BARREL IS MARKED USA, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE BARRELS AND CAPS CAME FROM USA TO CANADA, THIS WAS QUITE COMMON
THIS IS THE FIRST SHEAFFER PEN TO USE THE 'IMPERIAL' NAME, IT WAS ONLY MADE IN FOUR COLOURS, BLACK, BURGUNDY, BLUE AND SAGE GREEN, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE SHEAFFER SLIM MODEL, IT UTILISES THE SHORT TRIUMPH NIB, IT WAS FIRST MARKETED IN 1959 AND DISAPPEARED IN FAVOR OF THE PFM STYLE MODELS IN 1961, SO FEW WERE MADE, QUITE A RARE EXAMPLE
THE NAME OF THE PEN AS9 =
A = PEN
S = TOUCHDOWN LONG
9 = 9.2 ct GOLD SHORT SHEATH NIB
(Ref: to PEN HERO'S Jim Mamoulides)
CONDITION IS EXCELLENT,THESE IMPERIALS ARE VERY RELIABLE FOUNTAIN PENS, I HAVE ALSO FITTED A NEW PLUNGER VAC 'O' RING AND SAC
THE PEN IS A TOUCHDOWN FILLER, PULL UP PLUNGER AND PUSH DOWN SLOWLY TO FILL
THE NIB IS A CANADA, TWO TONE MEDIUM CYLINDRICAL, 9.2ct GOLD WITH PALLADIUM MASK PLEASE SEE THE SAMPLE SCRIPT BELOW
THE FOUNTAIN PEN IS 13.59 CM LONG CAPPED
IF YOU GO TO PenHero.com and put in Sheaffer AS9 you will find a very interesting write up on this pen
PLEASE SEE THE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS BELOW
I COMBINE POSTAGE ON ALL MY PENS
MY REGULAR CUSTOMERS WILL BE AWARE THAT I LIST FOUNTAIN PENS EVERY WEDNESDAY, SO IF YOU ARE A PEN ENTHUSIAST PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR FAVORITES AND SEE WHAT I HAVE FOR NEXT WEEK
ALL OF MY FOUNTAIN PENS ARE FULLY WARRANTED, IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH YOUR PURCHASE JUST SEND IT BACK IN THE FIRST MONTH AND I WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY
PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACK TO BID WITH CONFIDENCE
THANK YOU
A MEMBER OF THE WRITING EQUIPMENT SOCIETY STR2882