MS341: Alfred Culbert & Sons Duplicate Posting Manifold Pen.

Date: c1930s

Size: Length - 5 inches capped; 6 3/16 inches posted.

A very well proprotioned and well-balanced pen from I would think the late 1930s.  This pen was quite plainly made by the De La Rue company for Alfred Culbert & Sons, as is evidenced primarily by the pocket clip but also by several other more subtle clues.  This pen is made from jet black glossy celluloid.  It is in excellent condition, with just a tiny bit of plating wear to the pocket clip ball and the filling lever, neither of which is really noticeable.  The cap has a slightly domed large hard rubber top button and a gold filled ball-ended pcket clip with the De La Rue sun symbol at the shoulder.  below the pocket clip are two gold filled narrow bands.  The barrel imprint is nice and deep and crisp, and has a lot to say about the pen.  Opposite, the gold filled filling lever is quite short and chunky and has a small circular end tab.  The nib is a very short tined (read firm) posting nib that has a fine point.  It is imprinted DP1, which I would assume is for Duplicate Posting.

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nis is very smooth when writing and produces a very good wet and consistent fine width line.   As this is a manifold nib, it is very firm, whilst still offering a lobely smooth write.

A rather unusual pen manufactured by De La Rue for Alfred Culbert & Sons.  I have not been able to locate and specifics about Alfred Culbert & Sons, but as this is quite a specialised manifold pen I would suspect that they may have been an accountancy firm or something similar.