− | But the real success came entering the market for the stamps and paper money production, which occurred with the experience gained in the production of playing cards. This made the company one of the most important British industries. Although commercial success has taken place much later, [[Onoto|De La Rue]] presence in the writing objects market dates from the late '800, when, in 1881, they introduced the ''Anti-Stylograph pen '', a first model of fountain pen, albeit primitive. Following other models were produced, as the ''Swift'' of 1884, distributed for more than 10 years, or the ''Pelican'' of 1895, another pen with a reservoir, and further models always having a tank valve, such as the ''Onostyle'' or the ''Umpire''. | + | But the real success came entering the market for the stamps and paper money production, which occurred with the experience gained in the production of playing cards. This made the company one of the most important British industries. Although commercial success has taken place much later, [[De La Rue]] presence in the writing objects market dates from the late '800, when, in 1881, they introduced the ''Anti-Stylograph pen '', a first model of fountain pen, albeit primitive. Following other models were produced, as the ''Swift'' of 1884, distributed for more than 10 years, or the ''[[Pelican]]'' of 1895, another pen with a reservoir and eyedropper filled (but the american patent, {{Cite patent|US|466950}}, dates to 1891), and further models always having a tank valve, such as the ''Onostyle'' or the ''Umpire''. |