Mechanical (&
other) Copyright Stamps
Last Update 10 August 2024
Published in November 2017, Adam Miller's Stamps on Music -
The World-wide Catalogue & Handbook of Stamps issued under Copyright Acts,
2nd Edition,
describes the background to the stamps, and catalogues in considerable detail
the issues of over 400 companies and individuals from over 15 countries.
This 2nd Edition is now available through the
print-on-demand services of lulu.com, and runs to 312 pages!
Click on the cover at left to view purchasing information and some catalogue
sample extracts.
Newsletters!
Copyright Stamps Newsletter #7 – August
2024 – More new issuers since the 2nd Edition
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #6 - May 2021 - Copyright indicia with
inscribed value, some new Issuers also
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #5 - December 2019 - New finds since the 2nd
Edition was published
(Earlier Newsletter followed on from the 1st Edition - much of this information
is now incorporated into the new 2nd Edition)
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #4 - May 2013 - Many new issuers and
issues, especially from Italy (PDF, 3.3MB, print-ready)
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #3 - July 2011 - almost all new issuers,
plus book review of a new work on copyright stamps in Germany (PDF, 4MB,
print-ready)
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #2 - September 2009 - new issuers, and
many new types from known issuers (PDF, 2.1MB, print-ready)
Copyright
Stamps Newsletter #1 - December 2008 - new issuers uncovered
since the book was published (PDF, 2.8MB, print-ready)
What they are.
These
stamps were issued to show the pre-payment of mechanical copyright royalties
due under various Copyright Acts and General Regulations. They were first
introduced in Europe around 1906, then in the UK in July 1912, and had largely
faded by the Second World War, although in Australia they continued well into
the 1950s. They were intended to be affixed to the record, pianola roll or
cylinder box to show the royalty had been paid.
The Copyright Royalty Stamp Issuers A-Z
An alphabetical listing of the known issuers from around the
world, illustrating some of the main design types to be found.
Full details of all values and varieties are in the catalogue Stamps on Music, currently in its second edition.
A B C D E F
G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X
Y Z
Last updated September 2024
(Some images are cut from
78rpm record labels found on a variety of websites, notably ebay, discogs and russian-records.)
Gallery
A selection of images of records, rolls, stamps and sheet music relating to
mechanical copyright stamps.
Some threads on
Stampboards.com
Mainly
Australian items, complete Allan & Co illustrated
Copyright
stamps still on the record label
Copyright
stamps on pianola rolls
A
selection of British Authors' book royalty 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
Files about
78rpm Records
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Miller 1997+