So Right

In the late 1920s, Eversharp introduced pencils in "bumblebee" plastics (that’s a collector’s nickname, not official Eversharpese, from what I understand). Here’s the teal "bumblebee" I posted here a couple years ago (http://leadheadpencils.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-price-sticker-but-something-even.html):

Since then, I have found an example in yellow, the color from which the nickname more properly originates. In fact, I found a pen and pencil set . . .

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