Parker Pens Penography: PARKER SPECIAL EDITION, SPECIAL PURPOSE EDITION and LIMITED EDITION
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here are lots and lots of Parker pens that can claim to be a special edition pen. It is perhaps pertinent to clarify the difference between a Limited Edition, a Special Edition and a Special Purpose Edition pen.
A Limited Edition pen is produced in a finite, limited number. A Special Edition pen is produced for a limited time period, and a Special Purpose Edition is a pen that is produced for a special occasion, for instance a signing, a store opening, a movie or such. It’s not always easy to decide what should be called a Special Edition pen or not. Many pens are being ordered by companies in the line of company marketings, and are ordered in limited numbers and/or are being sold or given away for a limited time. This doesn’t mean that every Jotter or Vector with an imprinted company logo is a limited or special edition, although some pens, especially in the Duofold Centennial range, nevertheless has reached Special Edition status, like the 1992 Bank Menatep Centennial and the 2004 Rashin Centennial. |
nd is the legendary Parker T1 titanium pen a Limited Edition? It was made to honour the then ten years presence of the US in space and was made in the finite number of 104 000 fountain pens.
Well, I’m not the one to judge. A true Limited Edition is however simple to spot. It’s numbered.
There are also a multitude of pens produced for politicians, often referred to as the Presidential pens, or White House pens. There’s a list at the bottom of this chapter that by no means is a complete reference guide. There’s a White House tradition, dating back to Harry Truman, to sign important documents with several pens, and then giving the pens to the people who helped creating the bill or treaty. When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 he is said to have used as many as 75 pens for the one signature, one short stroke at the time. John F. Kennedy had the strategy to spell out his middle name to be able to use more pens. The German pen company Montblanc really didn't like when Bill Clinton not only signed a document with a fake Montblanc, but also gave out more fake Montblancs as souvenirs. Barack Obama used 22 pens to sign the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. George W. Bush however preferred to use the one pen for the signing and then putting it in his own pocket, sharing unused ones as souvenirs. |
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Is the T1 a Special Edition? |
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The QEII Coronation Victory pen and box. |
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The Parker "51" Coronation set, 1953. |
 panish Treasure. The very idea of making a limited edition pen was unheard of until 1965. The prominent Parker collector Lih-Tah Wong tells the story on his site parker75.com. William Derbins, who was then the Vice President of Parker’s marketing department, read a story in the January 1965 edition of National Geographisc that caught his eye. The article told about Kip Wagner who used to find coins cast up by storms on the beach and eventually recovered a huge treasure from ships sunk in 1715, outside the coast of Florida. The silver was very worn, most coins were found as blackened lumps and most were not collector’s items, but rather salvaged for the silver value only. Parker had already launched their immensely popular Parker “75”, made from sterling silver, and William Derbins got the idea to produce a number of Parker “75” pens out of the Spanish Treasure gold as a marketing stunt. He would have discussed his idea with Parker’s chief designer Don Doman and Kenneth Parker and was evidently given the go-ahead. A product manager from Parker and William Derbins went to see Kip Wagner and persuaded him to let them buy the silver. The deal actually came at a convenient time for Wagner who was running out of treasure hunting-money.lready in November, ten months after Derbins read the article, the first Spanish Treasure pens were being shipped. The fountain pens were in fact produced all at once in a period of only a few days. Parker even had a notarius publicus to verify that the pens were in fact made from the treasure silver. |
number of 4 821 fountain pens were made. It sold for $75, (what else?), which was three times as much as the ordinary Parker “75”. Ball pens were also produced from around 1966 in unknown numbers, collectors are guessing about 1 000-2 000 items only, actually making the ball pens rarer.
The pens were delivered in a nice box, made from walnut wood which had a print of a treasure map on the lid, depicting the travels of the Spanish fleet, and inside a blueprint of the cargo storage room. Some of the silver cobs were actually shipped to the salesmen and used as premiums to customers who were hesitant to finish the deal to buy a pen. When Parker ran out of original silver coins they produced reproduction coins for the same purpose. Also in 1965 the American pen manufacturer Paul Fisher got a patent for a pen that would eventually work in zero gravity and the Fisher Space pen was chosen to be used on the 1968 Apollo 7 space flight. “Normal” ball pens didn’t work in space and the astronauts had previously been forced to use pencils only. Of course this discredited Parker who had used the phrase “Like a pen from another world” all the way back to the Vacumatic ads of the 1930’s and again in 1956 in the Parker “61” ads “A pen from outer space”. And of course Parkers own ballpen, the Jotter, was “The ballpen preferred the world over”, well it was… just not in space. |
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Spanish Treasure. |
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Atlas Booster ball pen. |
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Altlas Booster fountain pen. |
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Apollo XV — Traces of Lunar Material. |
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Bicentennial. |
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RMS Queen Elizabeth. |
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Queen's Silver Jubilee. |
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The Falcon. |
 ood Pen. In 1980 Parker in Germany produced a large (143 mm) wood limited edition pen with a huge stylised clip. There were eight different wood finishes offered and they were sold in numbered boxes made from the same wood as the pens. There were ment to be made 2 000 numbered pens of each wood, but there seems to have been objections from Parker in the US and production was haltered, so no-one really knows how many pens were shipped. Also some were clearly shipped without the number on the pens, or in the boxes. |
hey were made in the following woods: Grenadill, Ebony, Angelin, Cocobolo, Redwood, Guajac, Palissander, and Briar. They were fitted with a 14K nib that was very similar to the nib on the UK made Parker ”105”. The nib was fitted on a black section, held down by a broad gold band engraved PARKER. The cap had a very large gold coloured, wooden clip in the shape of an arrow that protruded from the top of the cap. Perhaps one of the strangest designs of a Parker pen, some finishes are considered very rare. |
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Parker wood pens. |
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Charles' and Diana's wedding. |
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Pope pen. |
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INF-treaty pen. |
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Queen Elizabeth. |
 entennial Collector Edition VIP. Parker celebrated it’s 100 year anniversary in 1988 and launched the Centennial Duofold to celebrate. This new pen was externally based on the 1920’s Big Red, but was made from sturdy acrylic and with a state of the art computer controlled manufacturing process. The Centennial was actually being manufactured already in late 1987, but in 1988 a Centennial Collector Edition was offered. It was a Blue marble parker centennial with the imprint 1888-1988 on the crown. It was offered as a set of a fountain pen and a ball pen that was manufactured in the UK but assebled in the US. These first limited edition pens were made in 50 numbered sets. |
hey weren't sold, but instead offered to VIP's in the US and UK. President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, resigning Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci each got one; John Gibb, Parker Pen's chief sales executive to the White House during seven Presidential administrations, Peter Bentley, President of the Parker Pen Company, and Malcolm Troak, Parker's manufacturing Director also got one, among others. The pens were engraved on the cap bands with The Parker Centennial and the limited edition number. They were presented in a wooden box, made in Japan. |
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Collector Edition. |
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Black Centennial. |
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Blue marble Centennial. |
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Red marble Centennial. |
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The Centennial Collector Edition UK have been found in four colours. |
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Test Ban Treaty. |
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Disaster Relief. |
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Five presidents with George Bush pen. |
 ohn Major World Memorial. In November 1991 the UK Prime Minister |
John Major received a World Memorial pen as a gift from Parker. |
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World Memorial Pen. |
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Orange Special Edition. |
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Menatep. |
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Joint Understanding. |
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Six Presidents |
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Start-II — Image Wanted. |
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Oslo Accords — Image Wanted. |
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Mandarin. |
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MacArthur. |
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Norman Rockwell. |
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Stylo de l'annee. |
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Hong Kong. |
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Black and pearl with silver trim. |
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Silver and Gold Snakes. |
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Sydney Olympics. |
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Magritte. |
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Israel 50th. |
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Greenwich. |
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Husain. |
 nsignia Greenwich. The Insignia Greenwich Millennium edition was offered in 2000 to commemorate the new Millennium and the Greenwich Observatory. |
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Insignia Greenwich — image wanted. |
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Sonnet Greenwich — image wanted. |
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Vectory Greenwich — image wanted. |
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Ichi matsu. |
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Nederland. |
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Mosaic Blue. |
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Burgundy Limited Edition |
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Burgundy Special Edition. |
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Accession. |
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Sonnet Accession. |
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Parker "51" Special Edition. |
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Mosaic Red. |
 osaic black. Customers had complained that the Mosaic Blue and Red fountain pens came in the International size only. |
o when the Mosaic Black Special Edition was offered in 2003 a Centennial size was added to the series. |
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Mosaic Black. |
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St. Petersburg. |
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St. Petersburg. |
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115th Memorial. |
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Rashin. |
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Pinstripe Chocolate and Navy. |
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Image Wanted. |
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Image Wanted. |
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Jotter Premier Edition. |
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Image Wanted. |
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Big red China. |
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Christmas Pink Gold. |
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Image Wanted. |
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hey were offered in both Centennial and International sizes and also as roller balls and ball pens. The Amber design had 23K gold plated trim and a 18K solid gold nib plated with platinum while the Marine and Olive had platinum trim and 18K two-tone nibs. In 2008 Check Citrine was introduced, while the Olive was discontinued in 2009. Also in 2009 Demi versions were offered. |
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Image Wanted. |
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Crocoldile. |
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Cloisonné. |
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Queen's Edition. |
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London Duofold aka Bumblebee. |
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"Bumblebee" Oversize Vacumatic. |
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True Biue. |
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Malaysia 50. |
Image © and courtesy of Tsachi Mitsenmacher. |
Lucky 8. |
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Fu. |
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DNA in Black. |
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DNA in red. |
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China 60th. |
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Batman. |
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Newhaven staff. |
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Blue Stripe Senior. |
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Red Stripe Senior. |
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X1X (19) The Delhi Commonwealth Games |
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Image wanted |
ear of the dragon. 2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E 15 items.
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Year of the Dragon — image wanted. |
akura (Cherry blossoms). 2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 50 items.
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Sakura. |
idare (Weeping cherry tree). 2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo 50 items.
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Sidare. |
hikurin (bamboo forest). 2001 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 150 items.
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Chikurin. |
chi matsu (Young pine tree). 2002 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 70 items.
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Ichi matsu. |
i matsu (Old pine tree). 2002 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 70 items.
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Oi matsu. |
umo (Spider). 2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 60 items.
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Kumo. |
aijin (Thunder God). 2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 60 items.
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Raijin. |
aple tree. 2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E 120 items
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Maple tree. |
ujin (Divine wind). 2004 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Hideo Tsukada. 30 items.
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Fujin. |
ane (Feather). 2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 60 items.
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Hane. |
oma Inu (The Guardian). 2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 130 items.
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Koma inu. |
hinese Lions. 2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E 120 items.
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Chinese lions. |
airyun (Twin Dragons). 2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Hazama Yoshio. 88 items.
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Tairyun. |
anda. 2007 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Shigeru Sawada. 150 items.
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Panda. |
oi (Carp). 2008 Duofold Centennial Makie-E 288 items.
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Koi. |
aru ran man (Spring blossom). 2008 Duofold Centennial Maki-E. 50 items.
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Haru Ran Man. |
enbu (The tortoise and the snake). 2009 Duofold Centennial Maki-E, 100 items
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Genbu. |
scending Tiger. 2010 Duofold Centennial Maki-E. 88 items.
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Ascending Tiger. |
olden Dragon. 2011 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Artisan: Shigeru Sawada. 188 items.
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Golden Dragon. |
Special thanks to Bernard Bernolet, Lih-Tah Wong, Tom Westerlich, Jim Mamoulides, Lee Chait, Tsachi Mitsenmacher, David Shepherd, John C. Loring and Norimasa Kajita who helped me with information and images of these rare pens.
•1965 Spanish Treasure. Parker “75”. 4 821 items.
•1968 Pace Pen. Parker Classic Ballpoint. Not for sale. 250 items.
•1968 The Space pen Fountain pen. Parker “75” Not for sale. 4 items.
•1972 Traces of Lunar Apollo 15 metal. Parker “75” Containing actual Moon dust. 3 items.
•1976 Bicentennial Parker “75” (aka Americana). 10 000 numbered items.
•1977 RMS Queen Elizabeth. Parker “75” 5 000 numbered items.
•1977 Queens silver Jubilee. Big red ball pen. Blue, flag on cap. Body The Queen’s / Silver Jubilee 1977.
•1979 Falcon figurine. 100 items.
•1980 Woodpen. 8 different. 2 000 items.
•1981 Charles and Diana’s wedding. Parker “105” 1 000 numbered items.
•1982 Pope's Visit. Parker Arrow. Stainless Steel Rollerball. Unknown number of items.
•1987 INF. Parker “75” Intermediate range Nuclear Force Treaty Commemorative. 4 sets, one set destroyed.
•1987 Queen Elisabeth. Parker “61” signet with a blue crest in the pen and pencil. Unknown number of items.
•1988 Collector Edition. Duofold Centennial. Blue marble Centennial 1888-1988 on the crown. FP & BP. 50 sets.
•1988 10 downing street. Black Centennial. 1 unnumbered item.
•1988 Cenetary Edition. Centennial. Blue marble. To the workers at Newhaven. Unknown number of items.
•1988 Collector Edition USA. Centennial, black, red or blue marble, 10 000 items.
•1988 Collector Edition UK. Centennial. Black, or red or blue marble. 10 000 items.
•1990 Test ban treaty. Parker “75”, unknown number of items.
•1991 Start treaty. Parker “75”, unknown number of items.
•1991 World Memorial Missile. Duofold FP & BP. Disaster relief. 10 000 items
•1991 World Memorial Missile. Insignia BP & MP. Unknown number of items
•1991 Five Presidents. Black ball pens Duofold Centennial. Unknown number of items.
•1991 John Major World Memorial pen. Presented to UK Prime Minister John Major 28. One item.
•1992 Menatep bank. Duofold Centennial Red marble, bank logo on the crown. Unknown number of items.
•1992 Orange Special Edition. Parker Centennial. Unknown number of items.
•1992 Joint Understanding. Bush and Yeltsin. Arms reduction. Orange Special Edition rollerballs. 2 items
•1993 Six Presidents. Black Duofold Centennial. Signatures by Nixon, Ford, Bush, Carter, Reagan and Clinton.
•1993 Start-II. Black Duofold Centennial rollerballs with World Memorial metal plaques 2 items.
•1993 Oslo accords. Israel-palestine peace agreement. Black Duofold Centennial rollerball. 8 items.
•1995 Mandarin. Duofold Centennial Mandarin. 3 solid gold rings. 10 000 numbered items.
•1995 Douglas MacArthur. Orange Duofold Centennial, 50 years celebration WWI ending. 1 945 items.
•1996 Norman Rockwell. Black and Pearl Duofold Centennial.Celebrating Duofold 75 years. 3 500 items.
•1996 Stylo de l´année. Black Duofold International. Celebrating pen of the year nomination. 1 200 items.
•1997 Hong Kong. Black Duofold Centennial. Celebrating Great Britain leaving Hong Kong. 300-556 items.
•1997 Silver International. Duofold International Black and pearl with silver trim. Special Edition. 100 items.
•1997 Silver Snake. Duofold Centennial with solid silver snake filigree. 5 000 items.
•1997 Gold Snake. Duofold Centennial with solid gold snake filigree. 250 items.
•1997 Sydney 2000 Olympics. Duofold Centennial with the Sydney 2000 logo and olympic rings. 500 items.
•1998 Magritte. A Lapis Lazulii Duofold Centennial. Magritte 100 year celebration. Benelux only. 300 items.
•1998 Israel 50th. Black Duofold Centennial. Commemorating Israels 50th year as a state. 500 numbered items.
•1999 Greenwich. Black chased Duofold Centennial set, FP & RB. About 3 000 FP and less than 1 000 RB.
•1999 Husain. Parker Sonnet. Marketing the M. F. Husain movie Gajagamini. Unknown number of items.
•2000 Insignia Greenwich Millennium edition. Stainless Steel Gold Trim Ball pen. Unknown number of items.
•2000 Sonnet Greenwich Millennium edition. RB. Laque Black. Unknown number of items.
•2000 Vector Millennium. Standard: black or blue, translucent: red, blue or green. Unknown number of items.
•2000 Nederland. Duofold Centennial, 75 years in the Netherlands, 500 items.
•2001 Blue Mosaic. Duofold International. Special Edition Possibly 10 000 pens and 2 000 pencils.
•2001 Burgundy LE. Centennial Duofold. FP & BP. Chinese market. 2 000 numbered sets.
•2001 Burgundy SE. Centennial Duofold. FP & BP. Chinese market. Unknown number of items.
•2002 Accession. Duofold Centennial. Queen Elizabeth II 50 years. 2 500 items.
•2002 Sonnet Accession. Unknown number of items.
•2002 Parker “51” Empire State Building (Special Edition) Vista Blue. unknown number of items.
•2002 Parker “51” Empire State Building (Special Edition) Black. unknown number of items.
•2002 Mosaic Red. Duofold International Special edition. Possibly 10 000 pens and 2 000 pencils.
•2003 Black Mosaic. Duofold Centennial and International. Possibly 10 000 pens and 2 000 pencils.
•2003 S:t Petersburg. Duofold Centennial. Dark blue. commemorate 300 years. 300 items.
•2003 S:t Petersburg VIP. Duofold Centennial 23K gold plated. 10 items.
•2003 Parker 115. Sonnet Memorial Edition Parker 115 years, Hong Kong. Unknown number of items.
•2004 Rashin. Duofold Centennial Rashin (Compass). Store Maruzen's 135 year anniverasy. 300 items.
•2004 Pinstripe. Special Edition Pinstripe Navy and chocolate. Unknown number of items.
•2004 Jotter Premier Edition Sterling and Black. Unknown number of items.
•2004 Jotter Premier Edition Sterling and Saffron. Unknown number of items.
•2004 Ice Blue. Sonnet SE. Sterling silver body and blue cap. FP, RB and BP. Unknown number of items.
•2004 Terracotta. Sonnet SE. GF cap brown body. FP, RB and BP. Unknown number of items.
•2005 Presidential Silver Esparto. Duofold International FP & RB. Unknown number of items.
•2005 Presidential Gold Esparto. Duofold International FP & RB. Numbered but not limited.
•2005 Big Red. Duofold Centennial. Asian market. Duofold imprint. 1 100 items.
•2005 Sonnet Christmas edition in 23K chased Pink Gold. Fp and BP. Unknown number of items.
•2005 Pinstripe jet, amethyst, iced glass. Unknown number of items.
•2005 Check. Amber, Marine, Olive. Cent. and International Duofold. FP, RB,BP. Unknown number of items.
•2006 Crocodile. Sonnet vermeil rhodium plated finish Special Edition. FP only. Unknown number of items.
•2006 Cloisonné. Duofold Centennial Mandarin. 2 rings. 3 900 items.
•2006 Queen’s edition. Duofold International in 18K solid gold, 8 items.
•2007 Duofold Centennial “Bumblebee” The London Duofold. Yelow stiped. 100 items.
•2007 Duofold Centennial True Blue. 5 000 items.
•2007 Malaysia 50. Parker 61 Vista Blue. Federation of Malaysia 50 years of independence. 50 items.
•2008 Duofold Centennial Lucky 8. Celebrating Parker 120 years, 3 888 items.
•2008 Fu. Duofold Centennial Fu (happiness). Red, made for the Chinese market. 1 399 items.
•2009 Duofold Centennial DNA. Black. 1 088 items.
•2009 Duofold Centennial DNA in red. WES members for the London pen show in 2009. 100 items.
•2009 Duofold Centennial China 60th Fountain Pen, made for the Chinese market, 800 items.
•2009 Vector Batman FP and BP Special Edition. unknown number of items.
•2010 Newhaven Staff. Centennial pearl and black. Presented to the staff w factory closed 6—180 items.
•2010 Blue Stripe. Duofold Centennial Senior, blue stripe, 888 items.
•2010 Akkerman. Duofold Centennial Big Red, Dutch pen shop 100 year celebration, 201 FP items, 91 BP items.
•2011 Duofold Centennial Senior, red stripe, 1 000 items.
•2011 XIX. The Delhi Commonwealth Games Edition. 2011. Black Centennial. 18 items
•2011 Duofold Centennial Senior, brown stripe, 1 000 items.
Maki-e:
2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Year of the dragon. 15 items.
2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Sakura (Cherry blossoms). Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 50 items.
2000 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Sidare (Weeping cherry tree). Artisan: Tatuya Todo 50 items.
2001 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Chikurin (bamboo forest). Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 150 items.
2002 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Ichi matsu (Young pine tree). Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 70 items.
2002 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Oi matsu (Old pine tree). Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 70 items.
2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Kumo (Spider). Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 60 items.
2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Raijin (Thunder God). Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 60 items.
2003 Duofold Centennial Maki-E (Maple tree) 120 items
2004 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Fujin (Divine wind). Artisan: Hideo Tsukada. 30 items.
2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Hane (Feather). Artisan: Tatuya Todo. 60 items.
2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Koma Inu (The Guardian). Artisan: Shozan Hariyama. 130 items.
2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Chinese Lions. 120 items.
2005 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Tairyun (Twin Dragons). Artisan: Hazama Yoshio. 88 items.
2007 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Panda. Artisan: Shigeru Sawada. 150 items.
2008 Duofold Centennial Makie-E Koi (Carp). 288 items.
2008 Duofold Centenial Maki-E Haru ran man (Spring blossom), 50 items.
2009 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Genbu (The tortoise and the snake), 100 items
2010 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Ascending Tiger. 88 items.
2011 Duofold Centennial Maki-E Golden Dragon. Artisan: Shigeru Sawada. 188 items.
Administration pens (under construction):
Dwight D Eisenhower administration 1953-1961
liquid led D.D.E
John F Kennedy administration 1961-1963
Prototype: Jotter facsimile of Kennedy's signature on the barrel, along with the presidential seal
Inauguration. Parker torquoise Jotter.
JFK briefly considered using the push activated Jotter for that purpose but settled instead upon the Parker "45" ball point. Blue or black no seal WHITE HOUSE under signature also desk fountain pen with silver tail
Lyndon B Johnson administration 1963-1969
60 000 pens?
Parker '45' Demonstrators were produced for only a brief time in the early 1960’s. Parker 45 'Demonstrator' perhaps the first Parker 'bill signer' - I am advised (second hand) that a gentleman who worked as a Congressional Aide saw President LBJ sign a bill using the Parker '45' 'Demonstrator' with an eagle seal pictured at page 10 and then was given the pen by LBJ. Thus we now know that notwithstanding the non-presidential seal it is a 'presidential' pen that entered the White House either during the JFK or the LBJ administration and at least had limited use by LBJ as a billsigner. While I could not find out which bill or date of signing, it would seem probable that it occurred during the period LBJ was using the Esterbrook 'bill signer' and before he settled on the Parker Eversharp felt tip. Thus while it has long been believed that the Parker Eversharp was the first of the Parker bill signers it now appears that that 'honor' belongs to the Parker 45 'Demonstrator'.
Window Jotter Red with silver cap and GF trim The white house / Washington / With best wishes / Signature
Parker Eversharp. Felt tip, blue pen with chrome trim, signature and White House seal.
Parker Eversharp. Felt tip, blue pen with gold trim, signature and White House seal.
Richard Nixon administration 1969-1974
Prototype: all GF jotter pen and pencil set in a black box with the seal and red lining
Prototype: T1 ball pen in ditto box
Prototype: Big red Nixon signature
Nixon inauguration January 2, 1973
Ball point cub stand seal and “with best wishes / Richard Nixon in a white presentation box
Nixon. The White House seal in blue chrome.
Spiro Agnew Vice President.
Gerald Ford administration 1974-1977
Prototype: Big red Ford signature
Parker 45 fp
Parker 75 Keepsake blue seal and Ford signature
Black Duofold BP with the Presidential seal on the cap?
Jimmy Carter administration 1977-1981
Prototype: Big red Carter signature
Prototype: systemark brown imprinted The White House, signature and a dark brown presentation box with the seal also all silver sytemark only signature in black
Big Red Presidential Inauguration / Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale /20 january 1977
Black Duofold BP with the Presidential seal on the cap?
Ronald Reagan administration 1981-1989
Prototype: Arrow, seal and signature
Prototype: Parker “45”, seal and signature
Prototype: Systemark, signature only
Prototype: Parker “75” Keepsake with gold plaques
Prototype: Premier black, signature
Vector, Reagan/Bush inauguration, starsnstripes both signatures plus Inauguration 20 January 1985. Whit presentation box with seal
Jotter signature
Big red, Ivory, signature (different)
Vector, blue with the seal and Thanks for your prayers / signature/ George Washington Univ. Hospital / March-April 1981
Classic desk stand silver with gold seal “with best wishes / signature”
Systemark blue, silver cap, seal and signature
Arrow all gold Nancy Reagan signature
Ms Parker with Nancy Reagan signature
Jotter, red ditto
Chrome bp/mp black signature
Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration Ball Point Pen STP100 Practical yet elegant, our exclusive Centennial Celebration 2011 pen from Parker a true collectible. President Reagan used Parker pens while in office so we have created these to commemorate the 100th birthday of our 40th President. Beautifully engraved with "Centennial Celebration 2011", this blue and gold pen is a great gift for anyone. Gift boxed.
George Bush administration 1989-1993
Bush-Quayle Inauguration. A Black Duofold Centennial was commissioned in 1989 by the George Bush/Dan Quayle inauguration for January 20 1989. Three different pens have been found, with a bold signature, with a thin signature and sans signature.
Dick Cheney DOD blue felt tip seal and signature
Bush-Quayle Inauguration, A Parker Classic ball pen in brushed black metal and gold filled trim. Official
Prototype: Insignia, black seal and signature BP and MP
Presidential Inaugural Seal in gold. Box in black plastic and black velvet., printed Parker.
Black Duofold BP with the Presidential seal on the cap
Classic desk set, cube in steel vice presidential seal and signature, pen with steel barrel and black taper
Vector vice president seal and signature, blue white, maroon
Jotter VP
Jotter, Barbara Bush, gun metal blue or silver signature
Classic BP Dan Quale VP seal, signature and presentation box, perhaps prototype
Dan Quayle, VP. Red jotter seal and signature
Bill Clinton administration 1993-2001
Prototype: Insignia gold filled with different signatures
Prototype: Vector black GFT seal, signature
Prototype: Frontier seal, signature
Prototype: Frontier black VP Gore
Prototype: Insignia bronze, Hilary rodham clintion signature
Arkansas. In 1991 the then Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton ordered 5 000 Duofold Centennials in preparation of his forthcoming 1992 run for the presidency.
Inauguration. In 1993 clinton inauguration january, green mbl Duofold Interna6tional, wooden box with the seal
Insignia set BP MP William J. Clinton in a seal only box
Insignia blue. Bill Clinton seal and signature.
Insignia black Willan J Clinton, gloss black, seal signature
Parker Jotter ball pen with silver cap, blue barrel imprinted with Pres Seal and Bill Clinton sig
Vector roller ball black and steel cap Al Gore VP.
Les Aspin Secretary of defense, Vector.
George W, Bush administration 2001-2009
Barack Obama administration 2009-