Parker 75 Regency fountain pen (21 July 2024)

Parker 75 Regency fountain pen, more commonly known as the "Rainbow" 75, 18K gold-filled barrel and cap is perhaps the rearest Parker 75 pens. It was a very complicated and difficult manufacturing process that resulted in many rejects, and in turn, an excessive manufacturing cost. This gave way to a very short product life. Beside this Parker 75 Rainbow, there is another Parker 61 Rainbow.

Parker 75 Design and Features:
- The Parker 75 featured the distinctive "Sterling Cicelé" grid pattern, which was created by cutting a grid into the sterling silver body and then staining the grooves black.
- It had a triangular grip section, similar to the design of the Lamy Safari, which provided a comfortable and ergonomic writing experience.
- Other notable design elements included the gold-plated trim and the iconic Parker arrow clip.

Parker 75 Variants and Materials:
- Beyond the standard Sterling Cicelé model, Parker produced the 75 in a variety of other materials and finishes, including:
  - Insignia Cicelé (14k gold-filled body)
  - Flighter (brushed stainless steel)
  - Laque (lacquered body)
  - Diamant (14k gold-plated with raised pyramid grid)
  - Vermeil (silver body with gold plating)
  - Rainbow (multiple colours) Parker Regency 

Parker 75 Limited Editions:
- Parker released several highly collectible limited edition versions of the 75, such as:
  - Spanish Treasure Fleet (made with silver from sunken Spanish galleons)
  - Bicentennial (with wood from Independence Hall)
  - RMS Queen Elizabeth II (with brass hardware from the sunken ocean liner)

Popularity and Collectibility:
- The Parker 75 has remained immensely popular with fountain pen enthusiasts and collectors due to its timeless design, quality construction, and interesting variants.
- Well-preserved examples, especially the limited editions, can command high prices on the secondary market.


My Parker 75 series collection so far:
1. Parker 75 Queen Elizabeth 👌
2. Parker 75 Bicentennal USA 👌
3. Grain D' Orge 👌
4. Godron 👌
5. Guirlande 👌
6. Cross Hatch grid (cisele) 👌
7. Ecossais 👌
8. Grain D'Orge 👌
9. Insignia 👌
10. Imperial 👌
11. Florence 👌
12. Titanium 👌
13. Rainbow 👌
14. Lacquer Series : 
    • Lapis Lazuli, 👌
    • 1/2 gold & red, 👌
    • 1/2 gold & blue, 👌
    • Black, 👌
    • Malachite Green. 👌
    • Thuya 👌
24. Premier Chinese Lacquer with Speckles 👌

The complete collection shall consists of the Parker 75 series:


Early USA 

  1. Ambassador 
  2. Cross Hatch grid (cisele) 👌
  3. Flighter
  4. Imperial 👌
  5. Insignia 👌
  6. Keepsake
  7. Presidential Keepsake
  8. Rainbow 👌
  9. Titanium 👌
  10. Vermeil grid

 

The French Pens

  1. Acacia
  2. Basketweave
  3. Chevron
  4. Custom Lacquer series
  5. Damier
  6. Diamant
  7. Ecorce
  8. Ecossais 👌
  9. Filette
  10. Flamme
  11. Florence 👌
  12. Fougere
  13. Godron 👌
  14. Grain D' Orge 👌
  15. Grec
  16. Grosse Cotes
  17. Guirlande 👌
  18. Lacquer Series :
    1. Lapis Lazuli, 👌
    2. Black 👌
    3. Malachite Green 👌
    4. Thuya 👌
    5. Turtleshell
    6. Woodgrain
    7. Jasper red quartz
    8. Burgendy
    9. Gray
    10. Midnight blue
    11. 1/2 gold & red, 👌
    12. 1/2 gold & blue, 👌
  19. Matt Series
  20. Mileraies
  21. Perie
  22. Prince de Gallas
  23. The Limited Edistions
  1. 1965 Spanish Treasure
  2. 1968 Atlas booster rocket
  3. 1972 Lunar dust pen
  4. 1976 Bicentennal UAS 👌
  5. 1977 Queen Elizabeth 👌
  6. 1987 INF Treaty
  7. 1990 Test Ban Treaty
  8. 1991 Start Treaty

 

24. Premier Chinese Lacquer with Speckles 👌

 

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