Uffuffa Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Have just seen a first generation charcoal Safari being sold on the bay for an inordinate sum but am very interested in the W Germany imprint, which Ive never seen before. Does anyone have anything similar to this imprint on their Savanna, Terracotta and/or Umbra from the time please? Photo attached. Link to post Share on other sites
jungkind Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I have a Savanna and a Terracotta with a similar imprint, they both came supposedly from someone who bought them when Lamy first started selling pens in the US. One theory is that this imprint was added for export because the early pens were sold in Germany without any hint where they came from. They were without the W. Germany on the barreltop, that later versions had. Link to post Share on other sites
Uffuffa Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 I have a Savanna and a Terracotta with a similar imprint, they both came supposedly from someone who bought them when Lamy first started selling pens in the US. One theory is that this imprint was added for export because the early pens were sold in Germany without any hint where they came from. They were without the W. Germany on the barreltop, that later versions had.Wow - I’d love to see photos if you wouldn’t mind please? I thought my Savanna/terracotta collection was pretty comprehensive but this has thrown that theory out...! Presumably there are no other differences that you’ve found, aside from the side imprint? Link to post Share on other sites
jungkind Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I am travelling, as soon I am back I will post some pictures Link to post Share on other sites
christof Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 cool! never seen this before...c. What's Up At Christof's: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/353841-whats-up-at-christofs/?p=2337615 Link to post Share on other sites
jchch1950 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 cool! never seen this before...c.+1. . Link to post Share on other sites
jungkind Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Sorry for the delay, here are the photos Link to post Share on other sites
Uffuffa Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Wow...! Amazing!!! Thank you you so much for sharing. How on earth did you get these? Im going to have to go on the hunt.....but Ive no idea where to start! Link to post Share on other sites
WLSpec Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 That's cool Link to post Share on other sites
jungkind Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 There was another thread regarding this imprint https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/319499-safari-savannah-green-barrel-imprint/ Link to post Share on other sites
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