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Here is an interesting thread about copyright stamps on record labels. Show me your stamps!

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=11211

LOL, how many different styles would you like to see. I've got dozens of different stamps on discs, and even a few on cylinders & pianola rolls. Some of the earlier ones are quite pretty.
Apparently they are a collecting field all on their own.
There's a heap of information about these Mechanical Copyright Stamps on Alan Millers New Zealand 78rpm Record site, & there's even a book he's produced with about 4000 stamps shown.
The website is a very interesting read, and I'd imagine the book is even better.
I've often used the site to (approximately) date some of my more obscure records by the stamp that appears on them, and the 78 section of the site to date most of my Aussie & New Zealand pressings.
It well worth exploring the site as there's a lot of stuff you won't find elsewhere.

http://www.78rpm.net.nz/mechcopy/mech.htm

Here's half a dozen I found in one pile of discs that are a little less common than many others I've got. The last one is common here, but I guess they wouldn't turn up in USA too often.
One of these days I'll learn to scan my discs straight