Typhoo Tea Fountain Pen Cards

Back on January 19, 2008, I wrote in a post titled Tea Anyone?, about the restoration of  Typhoo Tea Fountain Pen (photo below).

In that post, I also shared two photos of  cards that came with the English Tea.  One was Trees of the Countryside and one was Interesting Events in British History.   Recently, I was fortunate to find a few more.  The sets that I acquired are from the Wild Flowers In Their Families and British Birds And Their Eggs sets.  I have photographed a few below.

Interestingly, the Coronation Year Offer for the Vacuum Filler is from the 1937 Coronation of George VI.   Coronation History can be viewed here.

I do not have any Typhoo pens from this vintage, and my pen is from an earlier vintage.  However, I find these cards an interesting part of Fountain Pen History.  To read more about the sets produced, read this web article.

I am glad that I stumbled on to these cards, three years after working on the Typhoo Lever Filler.  They are another interesting glimpse into fountain pens and their place in history.

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