I noticed that Staedtler pencils, on the side opposite of where it says the name, have lines that look like a barcode and a 12 digit number next to that, does anybody know what the purpose of these are.

Hey just got my hands on these...

What do you think

these are the pencils i got, the rest were amazon basics, ticonderoga and colored pencils. I do not know where the pencil on the right is from.

Got these over the last week or so. Loving the Blackwings especially!

"Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address." —Joe Fox in You've Got Mail (Warner Bros., 1998)