58 Return of the Shiny!

Stationery Orbit - A podcast by John West

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 In today’s episode, we will be talking about getting the Postal Service into shape and shiny pens that you pretty much just get to look at.USPS Price Increase we missed two months ago: Postal BulletinMariachi and Migratory Bird HuntingUnderwhelming set of postmarks except the new Mariachi color postmarkJohn Oliver Duck Stamps: (explicit language warning)That thing got a Hemi? The USPS Cargo TrikesZebra Pressurized ballpoint (thanks to friend of the show, Vance)https://patents.google.com/patent/US3285228A/en Midori for notebook of the year? I agree.The Kaweco Iridescent Pearl Fountain Pen Hand lettering on the rise againWere you envious of your Dad’s toolbox as a kid? Get a caddy box for your laptop! I love the production value of this item.My favorite recent use of letter writing, kids helping shelter pets!Dunhill teamed up with Namiki in the 1930 and produce some amazing pens that are now sought after collectors items!It’s Aztec, but does it have abs?So GvFC’s main website is greedy on details but the Singapore site gives it up.  The pen has an obsidian grip section!!Rocket pen (multipen?), yes please!Benu is back! Now located in Armenia: