The Distribution of US Published Comics in the UK (1959~1982) 15 15

[Yorick]

On 11/16/2022 at 4:52 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

Whoever was stamping these had a stack to go at, as the back of my copy shows the imprint of the one next in the pile, and a fainter one next to it.

There's the smudging problem....

[Yorick]

On 11/16/2022 at 5:46 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Indeed. Good job that UK stamps are universally disliked on both sides of the pond, otherwise someone likely would have by now.

[Malacoda]

On 11/16/2022 at 12:41 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

I think they had solved the chipping problem, so common in the early 1960s, by this time, but perhaps there are some later examples.

Indeed.  I want to say that chipping was resolved when printing moved away from ECP to Sparta (which is why you get Marvel chipping and not DC chipping) but I actually think it improved a lot during ECP's time - which I suspect had more to do with better paper than sharper blades.  I think it gets better over a long period of time. Whilst I've seen some grim edges on silver age comics, there's some pre-hero Marvels you could use to grate cheddar. 

Edited November 16, 2022 by Malacoda

[Albert Tatlock]

Another LL13 from ebay.

Not too many of these about, stamped 8 as expected.

[Albert Tatlock]

A nice big bold 10d T & P stamp on this one.

And he's brought his little brother along too.

[Albert Tatlock]

On 11/14/2022 at 3:00 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

TTA #86 is still stubbornly absent

Still not found a stamped one, but here is a circular 1/- TTA 88.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/18/2022 at 8:42 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

A nice big bold 10d T & P stamp on this one.

And he's brought his little brother along too.

Similar scenario here Albert:

[Malacoda]

Ooo, can I play? Cool little moment here in the summer of 1965 when both stamps appear to be in play, or does it just prove there were Marvel stragglers like DC?  As there surely must have been.  

BTW, ASM #26 has a letter from Steve Gerber in which he proposes bringing Patsy & Millie into the shared MU so he got there ahead of Engelhart!  (yes, I know, FF Annual #3)

 

[Albert Tatlock]

From today's Comic Book Auction sale.

An unsold 9d copy put back into circulation months or possibly years later with 10d stamp added.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/20/2022 at 3:08 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

From today's Comic Book Auction sale.

An unsold 9d copy put back into circulation months or possibly years later with 10d stamp added.

Another nice example of the obliterator stamp there:

 

Not as nice as my earlier TGK, but still nice 

[Get Marwood & I]

  

[themagicrobot]

Pele has been busy slabbing Spideys hasn't he?

 

I never understood why people defaced comics with stickers or by writing their name on the cover (or even inside). 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/20/2022 at 6:59 PM, themagicrobot said:

 

 

 

Not many non-title spots available for that stamp, is there Robot. Good spot. 

[Albert Tatlock]

Like waiting for a bus. These stamps are coming thick and fast now.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/20/2022 at 9:43 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

Like waiting for a bus. These stamps are coming thick and fast now.

Here's an oblong 10d hiding on a March 1967 Dell:

....and a shilling circle on a May 67 Gold Key:

[Albert Tatlock]

I thought at first that Goldstar's involvement at this time was limited to the 2 month Marvel gap, but so many others have shown up recently that have demonstrated that the net was cast a lot wider.

Anyone know when the oblong 10d stamps first appeared, and when they dried up?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/21/2022 at 3:44 PM, Albert Tatlock said:

I thought at first that Goldstar's involvement at this time was limited to the 2 month Marvel gap, but so many others have shown up recently that have demonstrated that the net was cast a lot wider.

Anyone know when the oblong 10d stamps first appeared, and when they dried up?

I've got examples spread across three folders. Give me a minute...

[Get Marwood & I]

For non-Marvel 10d 'oblong' stamps, I've got a Jan 65 cover dated Charlton and an April 67 cover dated Archie in the files, with many examples in between:

 

I own quite a few Charltons with the stamp as it goes.

I'll be back with the Marvel dates - there's a lot to check....

[Get Marwood & I]

The latest Marvel 10d oblongs I have are April and June 67 I think:

 

I'm having a lot of trouble with the site - it keeps crashing so I'll be back later.

 

 

[Albert Tatlock]

On 11/21/2022 at 4:06 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'm having a lot of trouble with the site - it keeps crashing so I'll be back later.

It has happened a couple of times to me, too, but clearing the cache usually works.