Mechanical (& other) Copyright Stamps

Last Update 31 July 2011

Published in March 2007, Adam Miller's The World-wide Catalogue & Handbook of Stamps issued under Copyright Acts, describes the background to the stamps, and catalogues in considerable detail the issues of over 220 companies and individuals from over a dozen countries.
In August 2008 it won a GOLD medal at the APS Stampshow in Hartford, CT.

The book runs to 240 A4 pages and catalogues around 4,000 different stamps including many sub-varieties. There are over 1000 full-colour illustrations throughout of the stamps and their usage.  The introduction covers the background to the issuance of the stamps, printed indicia, usage of the stamps on other than 78rpm labels (illustrated with examples), a detailed description of the catalogue itself, and a section on collecting the stamps.

The comprehensive reference section includes an inventory of known multiples, a bibliography of published articles, a listing of auction entries, background references of the issuers and an index.

Printed in an initial run of just 100 copies, this is now out of print

What they are.

Issuers by Category

Unless otherwise shown, all images on the subsequent pages are scanned at 200% for an 800x600 256 colour display (75dpi).  Record labels are generally scanned actual size. The stamps below are actual size at 100dpi.

1. Music Publishers
2. Record companies
3. Copyright Agencies
4. Composers
5. Miscellaneous & Unknown
6. Purchase Tax stamps

Gallery
A selection of images of records, rolls, stamps and sheet music relating to mechanical copyright stamps.

• Publishers' stamps on US Pianola Rolls

• US License and Patent Royalty stamps - a related type of stamp

• Names appearing as overprints on other issuers' stamps

• References

Files about 78rpm Records

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