“For Marvel Use Only” Red Stamp 1 1

[Toy Command]

Hey everybody Have you ever seen a “For Marvel Use Only” red stamp in a comic book? I just bought a collection in SF and quite a few of them have it stamped on the inside. Came from a collection from the “Classico San Francisco” who made licensed post cards, magnets, posters, etc. I found an invoice from marvel licensing to the Classico and figured they were ones used for scanning/printing? No body I know has ever seen it I figured I would ask here. Books I’ve found so far include 

Uncanny X-Men #286, X-Men #1,4, and ASM #361.

thanks for any help! 
added a picture of the invoice as well. There were a few others too. 

[DougC]

Those are pretty cool, wish I had known about it and snagged the X-Men (1991). I wonder if they would get the "file copy" designation since you have providence.

[Toy Command]

On 7/3/2024 at 4:47 AM, DougC said:

Those are pretty cool, wish I had known about it and snagged the X-Men (1991). I wonder if they would get the "file copy" designation since you have providence.

Yeah that would be amazing if cgc gave it a file copy designation

[MAY1979]

On 7/3/2024 at 7:47 AM, DougC said:

Those are pretty cool, wish I had known about it and snagged the X-Men (1991). I wonder if they would get the "file copy" designation since you have providence.

I do agree however the books at bare minimum would have to be listed on the invoice and the 4 the OP mentioned are not.

Edited July 3 by MAR1979

[Toy Command]

So C.B. Cebulski messaged me on IG saying that Marvel Staff copies would usually have these stamps. Still weird almost no one has seen these before.

[shadroch]

 The stamps changed over time. 

One of the first things the Perlman regime did was to reduce comp copies. My neighbor worked in accounting and got free copies. Perlman took those away and then outsourced his whole team.  

[Toy Command]

On 7/5/2024 at 10:54 AM, shadroch said:

 The stamps changed over time. 

One of the first things the Perlman regime did was to reduce comp copies. My neighbor worked in accounting and got free copies. Perlman took those away and then outsourced his whole team.  

Do you have any photos of what the stamp looked like over the years?

[shadroch]

No, it's not something I cared about.  I picked up some of E. Nelson Bridwell's collection and they were stamped with various things. some said Office Use Only, some said Complimentary Copy, some said Compliments of Marvel Comics.  I had a couple dozen older ones and hundreds I bought from my neighbor, but they are long gone.

[Toy Command]

On 7/5/2024 at 2:12 PM, Uff_Da said:

 

Very similar but those all just say complimentary or do not sell. Marvel also gave less and less books to staff over the years from what I’m gathering and these are newer books comparatively.