Publishers And Booksellers Protective Assn.

Does anyone have any of these in their collections. I am doing some research on the verities and the companies. I would also be interested in trades if anyone have any to trade.

I am not sure if these qualify, Revstampman.
results of my research a few years ago.

R.L. Stevenson lived from 1850 to 1894. He was a prolific and popular author, and had a variety of arrangements with his publishers for the collection of his royalties.

After his death, the rights passed to his widow Fanny and after her
death in 1914, to his stepson Lloyd Osborne.

By 1916 Osborne was experiencing some difficulties in collecting
royalties due, and in 1920 he wrote to the Society of Authors,
Playrights and Composers asking their help.

The 1912 General Regulations allowed for the collection of copyright on published works (usually Mechanical Music such as records and piano rolls) by the means of stamps (see here). The Society had been active on its composer members' behalf since 1912 in the collection of royalties due through this means.

The Stevenson copyright stamps were produced and issued by the Society, commencing in 1925, and continued until 1944.

In this time it is estimated that around 1 million of various values
were issued. Values ranged from 3/10d up to 1s6d and represented 10% of the retail price, as per the UK Copyright Act of 1911.
...

These are not postage stamps,
but "copyright stamps" which were pasted into RLS books.

They were usually attached at either the top or bottom inside of the
back (or rarely, the front) cover of Stevenson's books, and were for the collection of royalty fees. The 1912 General Regulations allowed for the collection of copyright royalties on published works by means of stamps.
research acknowledgement Blair rcsd

Rodney,
These serve a similar purpose as the R.L. Stevenson stamps. But, not the same. The Stevenson stamps showed payment of royalty. The "Protective Assn." Stamps guaranteed the Copyright owner that their copyright would not be undersold. In the days of the "Dime Novels" book sellers would sell books "by subscription". These books were more costly to the consumer as they were not abridged and of a better quality. These booksellers paid for exclusive rights to the book. The stamp was to show the consumer that the book was the real deal. Many of these books also had a warning and guarantee in the first few pages. The stamps with a serial # were for book's that had a fee paid per book. The stamps without a serial # were used on books where the publisher had a "blanket" copyright license. Those were either paid annually or for a specific term. These do technically denote payment of a Copyright fee paid to the author. So I include them with my Patent License, Copyright Fee, and Patent Royalty stamps.

Fascinating stuff Revstampman, and new territory for me.
Takes a bit of getting used to, splitting copyright fee, and royalty fee.
I have not seen these before, but now I'll spot them
browsing through the revs. :)

For your general interest revstampman,
your labels appear on this site as well
http://sevenroads.org/Labels/T.html
HTH

While Patent, Royalty and Copyright Fees are similar they are not the same. A Patent License Fee is for the licensed use of the Patent itself(like a machine). A Royalty fee in normally on the manufactured product often paid by the piece. A Copyright Fee is normally for the use of Copyrighted material. I have been meaning to post some examples, maybe later in the week.
The stamps you emailed me about are Patent Application Fee stamps. A related area but not the same. They are actual Revenue stamps. They were the stamps I asked you about. As far as I know with the exception of Mechanical Copyright stamps used on music and a few book Mfg. Australia doesn't have any other types.

Cheers, that makes it a little clearer for me.

Interesting info, guys.

Thanks for reminding me of Treasure Island. What a great adventure for a young boy to read!

Edit to clarify: I am not currently a young boy, but was once

Treasure Island Was, IS and Will Always be one of my favorites!!

Seeing as we have a lot of new members since this was originaly posted I thought I would give it a bump.

In the event you haven't seen this explanation as laid out in the Publisher's Preface section of this book, I post a link to it ... scroll down to the sub-heading "Guarantee to Subscribers":

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper...2001.05.0079

Yes, I have a scan of that page it is from the 1st edition of the Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, published in 1892. The 1st Ed. is the only one to contain this "Guarantee to Subscribers" along with the stamp (normally found on the end papers).

revstampman,
I'm certainly very interested in these, but do not own one. Was going to fix that last week, but it slipped away b/c I was still traveling, which was unexpected. My notes are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjclark/1421476100/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjclark/1423563659/

Did you add this to your collection last week?

I *do* have a couple stamps from booksellers in India that work on a slightly different principle-- these are to signify a book is the genuine article and not a pirate edition. I hear the current issues of these labels are holographic.