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THIS IS PART OF MY PEN COLLECTION | Sheaffer Pens10 of 19 |  |  |
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bratjdd
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1. Is a set of Sheaffers pen and pencil, I love the case next to it in the second
picture. Third and Fourth are Windsor sets from Life Magazine.
Does any one knows the year? were they gifts or purchase? Thanks
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Sheaffer PensIn 1912, Walter Sheaffer, an Iowa jeweler, founded the Sheaffer Pen Company…
PencilsThe modern pencil was born in 16th-century England, where, in Cumbria, a ma…
id say 1950s-1960s maybe :)
Thank You, BELLING68 for your help. You are awesome!
very nice brat
Thank you, vanskyock24
I have so any but lately it seems i am stuck or obsess lol with postcards. I would like to share with everyone, but it take so long and the same time i am trying to organize them in plastic folders so they wont get ruin. It is soothing to me to know everyone might like or not but thats the great part of CW. Thanks again vanskyock24
I agree with you AR8Jason