Pelikan Markana 34 Refill?

[Dickkooty2]

I think it is fun and revealing to match a Pelikan with a piece of merchandising from the users' time. Here is an ad on a travel folder for holding train tickets from the late 60's (≠).

 

The Pelikan subject shown with two relatives is a fiber marker: the Pelikan Markana 34.

I would really like to be able to use the red marker. But the mine/refill is dry. The refill is inserted at the business end and extends to the top of the barrel with a red end cap that serves as the visible end of the barrel.

 

The mine/refill is shown in it's full length above right.

 

My question (finally) ... does anyone know where I can get a live one? Hopefully red. I found one on ebay.de but it was (alas) depleted of ink.

 

(please pardon my color problems. I need to reprogram my digital dandy)

[Dickkooty2]

OK! I was able to buy a working Markana 34 with a blue refill from a seller in Bulgaria!

 

I realize that this is not the biggest happening in pen news. On the other hand, I now have a working Markana.

 

I did read somewhere that it is the most common of articles, the most used, the least rare, that become truly scarce and rare artifacts because they were considered as not worth collecting.