License, Royalty, And Patent Notice Stamps

Hi,

A new catalog that describes, illustrates, and values hundreds of different license, royalty, and patent notice stamps, such as the items shown below, will be available soon. The catalog also includes chapters on many other areas of back of the book stamps.

The name of the book is Drummond's Catalog of Philatelic Miscellany, Part One.

Please contact Eric Jackson next week for further information.

Thank you,

Jim Drummond

For those like me who have never seen royalty stamps as shown in the previous post, here's an interesting trivia question: Anyone know what kind of "books" J.C. Hall & Co., of Providence, RI licensed for manufacture? It appears as though it was CHECKBOOKS! Who would have thought that answer? (It was the furthest thing from my mind.)

Here are a few more.

Jim

Two more.

Jim

They have taken license with the word "philatelic." (IMHO)

In Europe, telegraph stamps were issued by the national PTTs (postal, telephone, and telegraph). In the U.S., private enterprise got the jump and provided all the telephone and telegraph services. So telegraph stamps in the U.S. are private issues, not government issues. Nevertheless, the telegraph stamps are collected enthusiastically on both sides of the Atlantic, regardless of the issuer.

Similarly, license and royalty stamps are the private equivalent of revenue stamps. Already in the nineteenth century great philatelists such as Hiram Deats were forming fabulous, comprehensive collections of these stamps just as they were of the government issued revenue stamps.

In my opinion they are eminently collectible and form a part of the larger picture of guaranteeing the integrity of the revenue stream.

This is a great addition to the hobby. Thank you Jim!

Some license stamps can be challenging to figure out who exactly issued them. This rare stamp is from the Hayward Balmoral Boot and Shoe Company.

Jim

This is another rare stamp, with so many names, dates, and other text it's tough to understand who used them. In this case, it's John Gibson.

Jim

Hello,

This book is now available for sale from Eric Jackson for $75. Item number 228974.

Here is a link to the item:
http://www.ericjackson.com/rDetails...8974&this=it

Thank you,

Jim

This is the table of contents to the book.

Jim