Description:
- Name(s): Colorado No. 1
- Shape: Colorado
- Finishes: Golden
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 55¢ per gross (1876, 1879), 40¢ per gross (1883, 1887), $1.00 per gross (1918)
Comments:
- See Esterbrook #305 Colorado #1
- The Colorado #1 does not have “305” on the nib, but that is the official Esterbrook model number for the nib. Instead, the No. 1 refers to the series of Colorado nibs, and this is the largest.
- These Colorado nibs are made of a brass alloy. It is stiff and inflexible, but will not easily corrode in even acidic inks.
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References
The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:
- Displayed on the 1873 Salesman Sample Card
- Displayed on the 1874 Salesman Sample Card
- Listed in the 1876 Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff
- Listed in the 1879 Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
- Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
- Listed in the Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
- Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
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