OS068 Osmiroid 65 Lettering Set, boxed.

OS068 Osmiroid 65 Lettering Set, boxed.

Date: 1960s

Size: Length - 137mm capped; 160mm posted.

A black calligraphy pen and a total of seven calligraphy nibs in their original box and in excellent and possibly unused condition.  I can see no evidence of use on either the pen or the individual nib units. The fountain pen has a chrome plated Osmiroid pocket clip, a chrome-plated cap band and filling lever.  This is the later model Osmiroid 65 pen from, I would guess, the late 1960s or possibly early 1970s.  The cap has a sloped top, and there is a small but complete and crisp imprint to the barrel.  The seven 22-carat gold-plated nib units are:  Italic Fine Left-Hand, Italic Rolatip Medium Left-Hand, x2, B2 and B4, and the one in the pen is a B3 nib.  The original paperboard box has a fitted plastic tray to hold the pen and nib units, and has fitting and filling instructions printed inside the lid.   The nibs alone are probably worth more than the asking price of this set, and you can also use the nibs in Esterbrook, Venus and even some Burnham pens as well as other Osmiroids.  

A very nice calligraphy set.