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Hi.

I'm just starting out my collection of parker pens and I have aquired my very first Parker 51.

When I got it and looked it over I saw that the cap says "Made in USA" and the barrel says "Made in England". My question is if there were any 51:s that had their caps made in the us and their bodys in the UK or if this pen is put together from two different pens.

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

/Mattias

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What version Parker 51 have the "made in ..." on the caps? All my 51s are mk1 aeros and none has the "made in ..." marking on the cap. On the barrel , yes. But not on all. Or, may be not readable on some.

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What version Parker 51 have the "made in ..." on the caps? All my 51s are mk1 aeros and none has the "made in ..." marking on the cap. On the barrel , yes. But not on all. Or, may be not readable on some.

 

Later Mk1s and Mk II and Mk III caps have "made in England" in most cases.

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I have a UK made 51 Vac. I was able to trade for a "generic" 51 cap (it came with the cap for a 51 Special on it, which is partly why I suspect no one but me bid on the thing), but at some point I think it would be really nice to have the "correct" (i.e., "Made in England") cap for it. Mostly because it would be nice to really have it be with the right cap, but also on the off chance I ever want to sell it.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Well , I have the earlier 51s with neither the arrow logo nor the made in ... marking on the caps. The late 1940s-early 195os productions. I would , however , like to have some of these with the arrow logo and made in ... markings.

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