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. 00 92. Type. Perf x4. /2d reddish-violet....00 2 020 92-. Type 2. Perf /2. Value in frame colour. Font F. /2d red....00 /2d violet (9)....00 /4d orange-yellow... 2.0 General copyright piano word rolls 00 97-8. Type. Perf ximp. 6c green... 0.00 For green stamps of a similar design featuring a lyre, see CONSOLIDATED MUSIC CORPORATION B. FELDMAN & CO 02 92-. Type 2. Perf /2. Value in /4d red....00 /4d red....00 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. 00 9-9. Type. Perf x4. Value in frame colour. Font F. A. Perf (9) /2d red-lilac....00 B. Perf x4 /2d red-lilac....00 /8d green....0 /4d light blue....00 d yellow-brown... 2.0 C. Perf x4, Wmk W (9-) /2d red-lilac... 2.0 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007 80
0 9-9. Type. Perf x4. Value in () red....00 /4d red....00 /8d red... 0.00 /4d red....00 /8d red....00 /2d red....00 /4d red....00 7 /8d red... 0.00 2d red....00 2 /2d red... 2.0 d red....00 /2d red....00 /4d red... 0.00 9d red... 0.00 4 040 99-26. Type 4. Perf x4. Value in frame colour. Font F. d yellow-brown....0 /8d blue... 2.0 2d green... 0.00 04 92-24. Type 4. Perf x4. Value in /2d red....00 /4d red....00 /8d red... 2.0 /4d red... 0.00 2 /2d red... 0.00 /2d red... 0.00 042 92-24. Type 4. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /4d red....00 02 9-9. Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. d red....00 /4d red... 2.0 /2d red... 2.0 /4d red....00 /2d red... 0.00 0 9-9. Type. Perf x4. Value typewritten in violet. /8d red....00 d red... 0.00 06 92-29. Type. Perf x4. Revalued in /4d ( ) with /4d light blue....00 00 92-. Type. Value in frame colour. Font F. A. Perf x4 (92-27) /2d plum....00 /4d light blue....0 d yellow-brown... 2.0 /2d orange... 0.00 B. Perf x4, Wmk W /4d light blue... 0.00 C. Perf /4x4 /4 (928-) /4d light blue (serif font)... 0.00 8 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007
00 c92-6. Type. Perf /2. () red....00 0 92-29. Type. Perf x4. Value in () red....00 /8d red... 0.00 /4d red... 0.00 /2d red....00 /4d red....00 d red... 0.00 8d red... 0.00 H/S Telefunken Belg. (image from web scan) 2 PHONODISC MONDIAL 020 c92-6. Type 2. Perf /2. () red-brown....00 FONOTIPIA Italy Record Company 02 92-29. Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /2d red....00 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. 06 92-29. Type. Perf x4. Revalued in /4d ( ) with /4d light blue (Wmk W)... 0.00 7 /8d ( 7 /8 ) with d yellow-brown....00 FONOGRAFIA NAZIONALE Italy Record Company A Milan-based record company, specialising in operatic recordings. 00? Type. Perf /2. () blue... 0.00 () green... 0.00 FORLIVESI Italy Founded in 882, still active today as Casa Editrice Musicale A. Forlivesi & C. Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007 82
00 c92. Type. Perf /2. () red... 0.00 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... 0.00 /4d dark brown... 0.00 a. value in blue... 0.00 /2d dark brown... 0.00 928-29. Type A. Roul 7. Re-valued in d on 8d dark brown... 0.00 6d on /2d dark brown... 0.00 6d (G.) on /4d dark brown... 0.00 6d on 4d dark brown... 0.00 8d on /4d dark brown... 0.00 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....00 8d dark brown....00 II. Issues for France 00 c924. Type. Perf. () black....00 I. Issues for Australia F A F00 92. Type F. Perf. () orange, black....00 A00 924-28. Type A. Roul 7. Value in red. ( /2d dark brown)... * /4d dark brown....00 /2d dark brown... 0.00 (4d dark brown)... * 8d dark brown... 0.00 8 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007
FRANCHI I. Issues for Great Britain Italy 00 90s? Type. Perf. /2. () maroon....00 () carmine....00 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. 00 92-. Type. Soft wove paper. FDH signature in various orientations, taken from DAY at top. A. Perf 2 (92-) () lilac, violet (sig. vert. up)....00 () lilac, violet (sig. vert. down)....00 () lilac, red (sig. diag.)... 2.0 B. Perf (92-) () green, violet (sig. diag.)... 0.00 () lilac, red (sig. diag.)....0 () lilac, rose (sig. horiz.)....00 a. sig. inverted... 2.0 /8d orange, black (sig. inverted)....00 2 /d orange, blue (sig. inverted)....00 8d green, mauve (sig. diag.)....00 A lilac, violet (sig. inverted)... 0.00 B yellow-brown, violet (sig. vert. up)... 0.00 C plum, red (sig. inverted)... 0.00 F purple, violet (sig. inverted)... 0.00 2a 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 / 2007 84
020 94-. Type 2a. large signature, small letters of value. Watermark W. A. Perf 4x A lilac, red....00 C grey-blue, vermilion (inv. sig.)....00 D yellow-brown, red... 0.00 E violet, red... 0.00 F black, red... 0.00 B. Perf x4 B orange-red, magenta....00 00 9-27. Type 2a. large signature, small figures of value. Watermark W. Font F unless noted. A. Perf 4x (9-22) /2d lilac, red....00 a. No Wmk.... 2.0 /8d yellow-brown, vermilion....00 /8d pale orange, purple... 2.0 /4d green, blue... 0.00 B. Perf x4 (9-27) /4d red, black (F)... 0.00 /8d yellow-brown, vermilion....00 /4d orange-red, magenta....00 a. orange-red, purple....0 /6d pink, brown... 0.00 7 /8d orange-yellow, blue... 0.00 d azure, dark blue....0 /8d pale orange, purple....00 /6d red, blue... 0.00 /4d green, red... 2.0 /d black, red....00 /8d rose, dark blue (F)... 0.00 /2d orange, green....0 2 /d orange, blue (small font)... 0.00 /4d plum, dark blue... 2.0 7 /8d brown, violet-blue... 2.0 2d green, blue (F)....00 2 /8d blue, black/rose (F, no wmk)... 0.00 2 /4d pink, dark green... 2.0 2 /d purple, blue... 0.00 2 /2d grey-blue, rosine....00 2 /4d blue, black....00 d apple-green, brown... 0.00 /2d pink, green....00 /4d green, blue....00 4d green, blue... 0.00 a. green, grey-blue... 0.00 4 /4d brown, black....00 4 /2 vermilion, bright green... 0.00 4 /4d pink, black... 0.00 d azure, bright green... 0.00 /4d apple-green, rosine... 0.00 /2d dark brown, green... 0.00 8d pink, brown... 0.00 F 0 9-20. Type 2a. Perf x4, wmk W. Large signature, values in manuscript in black. /8d lilac, yellow-brown... 0.00 /4d lilac, yellow-brown... 0.00 2 /d lilac, yellow-brown... 0.00 9d lilac, yellow-brown... 0.00 0 9-2. Set 00 surcharged in type in black. /8d on /2d lilac, red (perf 4x)... 2.0 06 9-2. Set 00 surcharged in manuscript in black. /4d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4)... 2.0 /6d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4)... 2.0 2 /2d on /8d yellow-brown,vermilion (perf x4)... 2.0 8 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007
0 97-26. Type 2c. Perf x4, watermark W. No signature, value in manuscript in black. () green... 2.0 9 /6d green....00 /6d green....00 /4d green....00 2 /d green....00 /4d a. /2d b. dropped dot below D missing fraction bar 040 97-29. Type 2b. Perf x4, Font F2. Small signature, large figures of value. A. Wmk W /2d lilac, red... 2.0 /4d vermilion, violet....0 a. dropped dot below D... 0.00 d azure, blue....00 a. missing D....00 /8d pale orange, purple....0 /4d green, red....00 /2d orange, green... 2.0 a. yellow-orange, green....00 b. missing fraction bar... 0.00 /d black, red... 0.00 /8d rose, dark blue....0 /4d plum, dark blue....00 /6d green, black... 0.00 2d green, blue... 0.00 2 2 /d orange, blue....00 d apple-green, brown....00 /4d dark green, red... 0.00 B. No Wmk /8d grey-blue, green/pink... 0.00 /2d lilac, red....0 /4d vermilion, violet....0 /2d green, black/pink... 0.00 d azure, blue....0 2d green, blue... 2.0 2 /8d grey-blue, red/pink... 0.00 046? Type 2b. Set 040 revalued in manuscript in black /4d ( /4 ) with d azure, blue (no Wmk)... 2.0 2c 02 926. Type 2c. Perf x4, watermark W. No signature, value handstamped in violet. 9 /6d green....00 /2d a. inverted value 060 92-29. Type. Perf x4, font F2. No signature, value and text in second colour. () green, blue... 2.0 /8d red, black... 0.00 /2d lilac, scarlet... 2.0 a. inv. value... 0.00 b. lilac, vermilion....00 /4d red, lilac....00 a.red, purple....00 d azure, blue....0 /8d orange, maroon....00 a. orange, lilac (no dot below D )....00 2 /4d dull orange, blue (perf. /4 x4 /4)... 0.00 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....00 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007 86
062 9. Type. Perf x4. Value handstamped in violet. /4d green, blue....00 E020 F c90. Type E. Perf 4. Overprinted with country name in black. () scarlet BELGIUM... 0.00 () scarlet HOLLAND... 0.00 () orange HOLLAND... 0.00 () orange SUISSE... 0.00 06 90. Type. Perf x4. No signature. Value typewritten in black. /2d green, blue....00 /2d green, blue....00 4 070 928-0. Type 4. Perf /4x4 /4. Font F2. No spandrels. Value and text in second colour. No dot below D /4d red, lilac... 2.0 d grey-green, blue... 0.00 /8d orange, purple... 0.00 E022 E00 c90. Type E. Perf 4. Country name hand-stamped in violet. () scarlet BELGIQUE....00 () scarlet ITALIE... 0.00 c90. Type E2. Overprinted with country name in black. Perf x4. () blue BELGIUM... 0.00 () blue HOLLAND... 0.00 () blue SUISSE... 0.00 () bright red FRANCE....00 () bright red SUISSE... 0.00 II. General issues for Europe E02 c90. Type E2. Perf x4. Country name hand-stamped in violet. () rose-red BELG.....00 () rose-red FRANCE....00 () rose-red SUISSE....00 E00 c90. Type 4. Perf /4x4 /4. No spandrels. Value and text in second colour. Overprinted with country name in black. () rose, blue SUISSE... 0.00 () orange, blue SUISSE... 0.00 E Type E reduced E040 c90 Type E. Perf 4. () red... 0.00 E E2 Type E2 has finer background lines than E. 87 Copyright Stamps / Miller / 2007
III. Issues for Germany E4 E00 90-. Type E4. Perf 4. () red, blue... 2.0 G G00 90-. Type E. Perf /2. () red... 0.00 () yellow-green... 0.00 () orange-brown....00 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 / 2007 88