No it's not a typo ... a Pelican.
I've added another slightly different variant to my flock of Pelikans this week. This will now be my third vintage Pelikan where the engraving reads "PELICAN", I've got a 400 and two 140 models now. I've heard that the factory marked it this way for certain foreign markets -- I've heard both England and France now but that could be mere speculation.
The nib reads Pelikan, it's a really old one, dating to before 1954 when they started putting the figure of the bird in the nest on the gold.
I wasn't really expecting to win the auction, I put in a low bid and surprisingly got it and then began the wait for the package from Germany. The pen's not perfect, just good to very good condition overall. Someone used it as expected. Unusual also that there's no cap top engraving.
Here's an old ink advertisement from around 1924 that reads with a "c" I thought I'd throw in after reading a post here yesterday.
I've added another slightly different variant to my flock of Pelikans this week. This will now be my third vintage Pelikan where the engraving reads "PELICAN", I've got a 400 and two 140 models now. I've heard that the factory marked it this way for certain foreign markets -- I've heard both England and France now but that could be mere speculation.
Here's an old ink advertisement from around 1924 that reads with a "c" I thought I'd throw in after reading a post here yesterday.
