LEO FEIST B. FELDMAN & CO

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1 LEO FEIST United States Feist (869-90) was a corset salesman who composed songs as a hobby. Failing to find a publisher, he set up his own firm, with the slogan You Can t Go Wrong With Any Feist Song. He soon had company branches in England, France, Germany and Australia, specialising in American popular music. Type is the only mechanical copyright stamp known to bear a portrait, in direct contravention of the gazetted Regulations. The portrait is of Bert Feldman Type. Perf x4. /2d reddish-violet Type 2. Perf /2. Value in frame colour. Font F. /2d red /2d violet (9) /4d orange-yellow General copyright piano word rolls Type. Perf ximp. 6c green For green stamps of a similar design featuring a lyre, see CONSOLIDATED MUSIC CORPORATION B. FELDMAN & CO Type 2. Perf /2. Value in /4d red /4d red Great Britain Formed in 896 by Albert James Feldman (874-94). Feldman thrived by taking up the English rights to such American songs as Alexander s Ragtime Band and during WW he had a huge hit with It s A Long Way To Tipperary. In 92 he bought up Herman Darewski Co, and in 9 the company was acquired by Francis, Day & Hunter Type. Perf x4. Value in frame colour. Font F. A. Perf (9) /2d red-lilac B. Perf x4 /2d red-lilac /8d green....0 /4d light blue d yellow-brown C. Perf x4, Wmk W (9-) /2d red-lilac Copyright Stamps / Miller /

2 Type. Perf x4. Value in () red /4d red /8d red /4d red /8d red /2d red /4d red /8d red d red /2d red d red /2d red /4d red d red Type 4. Perf x4. Value in frame colour. Font F. d yellow-brown....0 /8d blue d green Type 4. Perf x4. Value in /2d red /4d red /8d red /4d red /2d red /2d red Type 4. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /4d red Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. d red /4d red /2d red /4d red /2d red Type. Perf x4. Value typewritten in violet. /8d red d red Type. Perf x4. Revalued in /4d ( ) with /4d light blue Type. Value in frame colour. Font F. A. Perf x4 (92-27) /2d plum /4d light blue....0 d yellow-brown /2d orange B. Perf x4, Wmk W /4d light blue C. Perf /4x4 /4 (928-) /4d light blue (serif font) Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007

3 00 c92-6. Type. Perf /2. () red Type. Perf x4. Value in () red /8d red /4d red /2d red /4d red d red d red H/S Telefunken Belg. (image from web scan) 2 PHONODISC MONDIAL 020 c92-6. Type 2. Perf /2. () red-brown FONOTIPIA Italy Record Company Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /2d red Established in 904 as an offshoot of Odeon, by 906 it was a company in its own right, ostensibly based in Milan. Its catalogue remains famous for classical vocal Type. Perf x4. Revalued in /4d ( ) with /4d light blue (Wmk W) /8d ( 7 /8 ) with d yellow-brown FONOGRAFIA NAZIONALE Italy Record Company A Milan-based record company, specialising in operatic recordings. 00? Type. Perf /2. () blue () green FORLIVESI Italy Founded in 882, still active today as Casa Editrice Musicale A. Forlivesi & C. Copyright Stamps / Miller /

4 00 c92. Type. Perf /2. () red Note: The design appear to be based upon HMV Type 2. SAM FOX A0 A06 F 924. Type A. Roul 7. Value in manuscript in black. () dark brown /4d dark brown a. value in blue /2d dark brown Type A. Roul 7. Re-valued in d on 8d dark brown d on /2d dark brown d (G.) on /4d dark brown d on 4d dark brown d on /4d dark brown USA Founded in Cleveland in 906, Sam Fox pioneered the publication of film music. In 926 its UK agency publishing rights were passed to Keith Prowse. A02 A2 c92. Type A2. Perf. Value in 4d dark brown d dark brown II. Issues for France 00 c924. Type. Perf. () black I. Issues for Australia F A F Type F. Perf. () orange, black A Type A. Roul 7. Value in red. ( /2d dark brown)... * /4d dark brown /2d dark brown (4d dark brown)... * 8d dark brown Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007

5 FRANCHI I. Issues for Great Britain Italy 00 90s? Type. Perf. /2. () maroon () carmine FRANCIS, DAY & HUNTER Great Britain Founded in 877 by William and James Francis and David Day (as W & J Francis and Day, then Francis Brothers & Day); Day had experience in music publishing and the Francis brothers needed a publisher for their songs. Harry Hunter joined in 880, and the present name was coined. Starting out in Oxford St, they moved to Charing Cross Rd in 897, becoming the first of the popular music publishers in what became London's 'Tin Pan Alley'. About 900 David Day formed the Musical Copyright Association and was at the forefront of the battle against the sheet music piracy rampant at the time. Offices were opened in New York (90), Paris (920) and Berlin (928). After World War I Francis, Day & Hunter became one of the most important publishers of educational, classical and popular music in Great Britain, a fact attested to by the abundance of their stamps. In 9, the firm bought out the catalogue of B. Feldman & Co, and in 972 became a subsidiary of EMI Music Publishing Ltd, but exist as a separate entity to the present day. Designs of Types & 2 have 7 latitude lines and show the West Indies. They differ from each other in the layout of the corner spray ornaments. Types & 4 (see below) have 9 latitude lines, omit the West Indies and in addition have LTD after the company s name. Where two colours are given, the first is the map colour Type. Soft wove paper. FDH signature in various orientations, taken from DAY at top. A. Perf 2 (92-) () lilac, violet (sig. vert. up) () lilac, violet (sig. vert. down) () lilac, red (sig. diag.) B. Perf (92-) () green, violet (sig. diag.) () lilac, red (sig. diag.)....0 () lilac, rose (sig. horiz.) a. sig. inverted /8d orange, black (sig. inverted) /d orange, blue (sig. inverted) d green, mauve (sig. diag.) A lilac, violet (sig. inverted) B yellow-brown, violet (sig. vert. up) C plum, red (sig. inverted) F purple, violet (sig. inverted) a 2b In types 2a and 2b, the value and signature are almost always printed so as to have the map and text inverted, i.e. DAY at the base. Given the predominance, they are treated as the norm, while those with everything the right way up are noted as inverted signature. Copyright Stamps / Miller /

6 Type 2a. large signature, small letters of value. Watermark W. A. Perf 4x A lilac, red C grey-blue, vermilion (inv. sig.) D yellow-brown, red E violet, red F black, red B. Perf x4 B orange-red, magenta Type 2a. large signature, small figures of value. Watermark W. Font F unless noted. A. Perf 4x (9-22) /2d lilac, red a. No Wmk /8d yellow-brown, vermilion /8d pale orange, purple /4d green, blue B. Perf x4 (9-27) /4d red, black (F) /8d yellow-brown, vermilion /4d orange-red, magenta a. orange-red, purple....0 /6d pink, brown /8d orange-yellow, blue d azure, dark blue....0 /8d pale orange, purple /6d red, blue /4d green, red /d black, red /8d rose, dark blue (F) /2d orange, green /d orange, blue (small font) /4d plum, dark blue /8d brown, violet-blue d green, blue (F) /8d blue, black/rose (F, no wmk) /4d pink, dark green /d purple, blue /2d grey-blue, rosine /4d blue, black d apple-green, brown /2d pink, green /4d green, blue d green, blue a. green, grey-blue /4d brown, black /2 vermilion, bright green /4d pink, black d azure, bright green /4d apple-green, rosine /2d dark brown, green d pink, brown F Type 2a. Perf x4, wmk W. Large signature, values in manuscript in black. /8d lilac, yellow-brown /4d lilac, yellow-brown /d lilac, yellow-brown d lilac, yellow-brown Set 00 surcharged in type in black. /8d on /2d lilac, red (perf 4x) Set 00 surcharged in manuscript in black. /4d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4) /6d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4) /2d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4) Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007

7 Type 2c. Perf x4, watermark W. No signature, value in manuscript in black. () green /6d green /6d green /4d green /d green /4d a. /2d b. dropped dot below D missing fraction bar Type 2b. Perf x4, Font F2. Small signature, large figures of value. A. Wmk W /2d lilac, red /4d vermilion, violet....0 a. dropped dot below D d azure, blue a. missing D /8d pale orange, purple....0 /4d green, red /2d orange, green a. yellow-orange, green b. missing fraction bar /d black, red /8d rose, dark blue....0 /4d plum, dark blue /6d green, black d green, blue /d orange, blue d apple-green, brown /4d dark green, red B. No Wmk /8d grey-blue, green/pink /2d lilac, red....0 /4d vermilion, violet....0 /2d green, black/pink d azure, blue d green, blue /8d grey-blue, red/pink ? Type 2b. Set 040 revalued in manuscript in black /4d ( /4 ) with d azure, blue (no Wmk) c Type 2c. Perf x4, watermark W. No signature, value handstamped in violet. 9 /6d green /2d a. inverted value Type. Perf x4, font F2. No signature, value and text in second colour. () green, blue /8d red, black /2d lilac, scarlet a. inv. value b. lilac, vermilion /4d red, lilac a.red, purple d azure, blue....0 /8d orange, maroon a. orange, lilac (no dot below D ) /4d dull orange, blue (perf. /4 x4 /4) Note: The /2d exists with both serif and sans-serif D. 06? Type. No signature. Perf x4, no wmk. Value in 2 /d green, blue Copyright Stamps / Miller /

8 Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /4d green, blue E020 F c90. Type E. Perf 4. Overprinted with country name in black. () scarlet BELGIUM () scarlet HOLLAND () orange HOLLAND () orange SUISSE Type. Perf x4. No signature. Value typewritten in black. /2d green, blue /2d green, blue Type 4. Perf /4x4 /4. Font F2. No spandrels. Value and text in second colour. No dot below D /4d red, lilac d grey-green, blue /8d orange, purple E022 E00 c90. Type E. Perf 4. Country name hand-stamped in violet. () scarlet BELGIQUE () scarlet ITALIE c90. Type E2. Overprinted with country name in black. Perf x4. () blue BELGIUM () blue HOLLAND () blue SUISSE () bright red FRANCE () bright red SUISSE II. General issues for Europe E02 c90. Type E2. Perf x4. Country name hand-stamped in violet. () rose-red BELG () rose-red FRANCE () rose-red SUISSE E00 c90. Type 4. Perf /4x4 /4. No spandrels. Value and text in second colour. Overprinted with country name in black. () rose, blue SUISSE () orange, blue SUISSE E Type E reduced E040 c90 Type E. Perf 4. () red E E2 Type E2 has finer background lines than E. 87 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007

9 III. Issues for Germany E4 E Type E4. Perf 4. () red, blue G G Type E. Perf /2. () red () yellow-green () orange-brown T/S M (on red) Telefunken (on orange-brown) Figure 2. Associated Copyrights type 2 00 /2d, and Francis, Day & Hunter type 2b 040 /2d on 926 Homochord D90 Copyright Stamps / Miller /