All my research notes shown only two green colours.
( Have discounted Vista Blue which is a Aqua/Turquoise colour that some collectors think is green )
Surf Green ( 1956 – 1959 USA & Canada )
The ones that I have seen on USA ebay over the years are in average condition and command $150 +
Caribbean Green ( 1959 – 1969 UK)
I frankly doubt the dates are they are correct I would have 100’s of them over the last 20 years. I have only ever seen 2, one NOS the other with cracked shells in very poor condition
There is another green, Mk III Cartridge produced at Newhaven in a solid green ( Not a teal colour ). ( Photograph 2 )
Any comments with any photography of pens would be greatly appreciated.
( Would particularly like to hear from 2 members here who are outside my circle of European Parker pen collectors, one lives in York, the other in the Alps )
The accepted dates for the Caribbean green are incorrect.
The one I have is Newhaven made. ( I have full provence for it )
The colour appears to be about 3 or 4 hues darker than a Surf Green
The green Mk III was definitely a production pen, not a prototype colour. ( The colour balance in my photography is not correct, it is mid to dark green )
Have added some photography, the last one is one I was sent by another collector - Surf Green, Caribbean Green & the Green of the Mk III that I have .
Last edited by proteus; May 30th, 2019 at 02:44 PM.
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