Montblanc 344G Petrol Blue With Spanish Customs Stamp

[eaudom]

Found this on a recent trip to Spain. I filled it with water, and found no trace of ink on expelling the water.

The nib is a fine point, with some flex. I thought it would be worth showing on this forum.

 

[siamackz]

Wonderful find! According to Jesus Guillén, in the 1950s Montblancs and other such pens were difficult to import into Spain because of strict restrictions imposed by the government. This encouraged unauthorised smuggling of such goods. In order to combat this issue, the government mandated that all imported pens would bear stamps placed by the customs department, signifying the pens were officially imported. These stamps were then used on Spanish made pens too, just to make it clear that they weren't smuggled

 

May I ask where you bought this from in Spain and if you have any tips on where I should look for vintage MBs when visiting Spain this June?

 

Thanks!

[eaudom]

Hi, my wife and I were on a first time visit to Barcelona to see the usual tourist attractions....just outside the gothic cathedral some antique dealers were set up temporarily...a couple of them had pens...I think I got a good deal, but it was not a give away...

[siamackz]

Got it, thanks so much!