Pens, Pencils, Brushes And Other Devices To Write Or Drawn

This June 16, 1987 30 peso stamp (Sc #754) of Chile commemorates the 150th anniversary of the death (by assassination) of statesman Diego Portales (1793-1837).

From wikipedia, "As a minister of president Jose Joaquin Prieto's government, he played a pivotal role in shaping the state and politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the Chilean state for almost a century."

On November 10, 1973 Tristan da Cunha issued a four-stamp set commemorating the tenth anniversary of the return of islanders after the volcanic eruption. The 5p value (Sc #186) of this set shows two technicians inspecting the volcano, with one of them taking notes.

This 2.30 franc value (Sc #1330) of Monaco is from the May 3, 1982 EUROPA set of two stamps. Stamp commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Peronne (1641) between Honore II, Prince off Monaco and Louis XIII, King of France. The Treaty effectively created Monaco as a French protectorate with sovereign rights.

This June 6, 2008 65 cent stamp (Sc #2163) of Austria is the country's EUROPA letter writing-themed issue.

Kazakhstan
EUROPA – Integration
May 3, 2006
The stamp shows people with different ethnic background holding paintbrushes.

Egypt
The 14th Cairo International Book Fair
January 28, 1982
The design includes writing tools.

Stamp from Belgium from 1982, Universal suffrage, with a pencil to show to vote.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar)
European Day of Languages
September 26, 2020
The design includes a quill pen and an inkwell.

Italy
The Excellence of the Manufacturing and Economic System
May 21, 2020
The stamp marks the centenary of the foundation of the Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini (FILA), a supplier of art materials and related products.

Brazil

1987

150 years of fundation of Pedro II college, 1v

At the botton is shown the golden pen of emperor Pedro II




The golden pen and signature of Pedro II

Belgium
Stamp Day
April 22, 2002
The design shows messages written with a fountain pen.

Germany
World of Letters
December 5, 2024
The design is entitled Rocket Pencil.

Australia
Greetings
September 1, 1999
Set of six, one stamp depicts pen and letter.

Pelikan


Pelikan was founded in 1838 in Hanover, Germany, originally as an ink manufacturer. In 1929, the company introduced its first fountain pen, featuring an innovative piston-filling mechanism that would become an industry standard. Pelikan is renowned for its high-quality fountain pens, widely used by both students and collectors alike.

Nicolas-Jacques Conté (1755 - 1805)

He was a French painter, physicist, and chemist, known for having invented the pencil as we still know it today,
consisting of a graphite and clay lead inserted into a cedar wood body.
There is an old joke:
During the Space Race, NASA realized that regular ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity.
So they spent millions of dollars developing a special "space pen" that could write upside down, underwater, and in extreme temperatures.
Meanwhile, the Russians were using a pencil like the one Conté had invented.