What is the significance of a Duofold Centennial in this wooden box.

[mitto]

As in the topic. Pen is flat top Mk-1.

 

[mitto]

Picture of the pen inside the box. 

[SwordsMightBeMightier]

I believe the first round of centennial Duofolds were produced as Limited Editions, maybe 50-100 of each color they made. There would likely be some sort of COA that came along with the pen. Can you lift the insides of the box and find any paperwork below? Maybe under the felt portion? Or possible the entire inside parts lift out of the box.

 

I don’t know if these pens had something specific on the pens to distinguish the LE aspect. To my knowledge all Later Parker LE Duofolds have their number somewhere on the pens. Those boxes were also issued with some of the subsequent centennial Duofolds. At some point they were issued in smaller black or grey boxes I think.

 

Don’t know if that tells you anything, sorry can’t be of more help

[Paul-in-SF]

Regarding the clip, according to Parker Penography:

 

"The Centennial was officially introduced to commemorate Parkers 100-year jubilee 1888-1988, but production had already started in 1987. The 1987 Centennials sported a short, flat clip with the an arrow (sic) stapled on it, but this was replaced by a longer and thicker clip in 1988."

 

You can see photos of both clips on the Penography Centennial page. This pen has the longer clip. I can't tell from the photo, though, if this is the 1988 clip or the slightly different 1990 clip. 

 

I wonder if the two slots in the box means that this was originally a set, probably with a pencil or a ball pen. Those were both introduced in 1990. 

 

Which medallion is on the cap? That might be a clue if this was a limited edition. 

[lionelc]

very similar to one sold from fivestarpens http://www.fivestarpens.com/modern-pens-sold-page-3-.html

box set of fp and ballpoint, uk item pp51 1989

[Vladpu]

9 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

You can see photos of both clips on the Penography Centennial page. This pen has the longer clip. I can't tell from the photo, though, if this is the 1988 clip or the slightly different 1990 clip. 

 

I wonder if the two slots in the box means that this was originally a set, probably with a pencil or a ball pen. Those were both introduced in 1990. 

This one has the "flat" engraved vs the répoussé feathers, so it is the 1987 version.  Parker did use nice wooden boxes in those days.  I had a few.  They used the same box for pen - pencil or BP-FP pairs, or for single pens.