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Looking for help again and perhaps to gain a little knowledge. I've recently come into possession of a USA made Parker 45 Insignia. The pen has the parallel line pattern on cap and barrel with black end piece, the pattern being a little unusual in itself perhaps, but the most striking part of the pen is the tassie which has been factory stamped with the number 3. I'm pretty sure it is factory stamped as the gold is still present inside the reasonably deeply stamped number, so I'm guessing was plated after the stamp was made. The cap impression is 45 PARKER 45 and on the back is the halo trademark with 1/10 12K GF and under that is MADE IN USA. The tassie is the V shaped one and so the pen is probably from the first half of the 1960s or so. My question here is of course about the 3 stamped onto the tassie. I can see no reason for an individual or company to make that stamp without additional advertising or associated names so I am going with the (hopeful) premise that this is a pre-production numbered model, predating the release of this model in (I think) 1964. If this is a numbered pre-production model then obviously there will be other numbered ones. I'd like to hear from anyone who has one or who can shed any light on this pen. Many thanks in advance for any help given or theories postulated.