CGC label "American Occupation Zone stamp on front cover." 0

[tabcom]

Anyone have a rare "American Occupation Zone stamp on front cover."  CGC label?

I have an ungraded comic from the zone.

Edited August 27, 2018 by tabcom

[tabcom]

Not mine, but an example of the label . . ..

[entalmighty1]

I've never seen this, but now I'm going to be looking for one.  

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

Interesting. This is new to me.

[GermanFan]

15 cent Us Zone is from Germany. For the G.I.s stationed there.

[entalmighty1]

5 minutes ago, GermanFan said:

15 cent Us Zone is from Germany. For the G.I.s stationed there.

That was my assumption, but it's good to have it confirmed.

[Paul © ® ⚽️💙™]

3 hours ago, GermanFan said:

15 cent Us Zone is from Germany. For the G.I.s stationed there.

The poor man's Okijima

[valiantman]

Too bad Elvis didn't read a comic on screen during the movie... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Blues

 

[AJD]

I wish I'd kept a picture, but I saw a Dell book stamped 'for sale to US servicemen only' in an Australian eBay auction. During WW2 (and for years after) the Australian market for magazines and comics was highly protected, and I surmise that the copy was sold in a PX and stamped to stop it being 'black marketed' to the locals!

[Black Lantern]

8 hours ago, GermanFan said:

15 cent Us Zone is from Germany. For the G.I.s stationed there.

Actually, it's from Germany and Austria...

[Black Lantern]

The label was my idea, I explained it to CGC what it meant and asked them, if it would be important enough to get a note on the label. And it did.

[Spyder!]

This is super cool. I want one!

[GermanFan]

I believe besides me, Marmat and Black Lantern bought that comics from a older Gentleman from Munich a couple of years ago. He told me that when he was a kid in the late 40s/early 50s his mother had a paper shop in Munich and the G.I.s brought regularly old comics to the shop. Mainly DC and Fox GGA. I believe BL bought a PL 17 from him (?). All books were stamped US Zone.

Edited August 28, 2018 by GermanFan

[Black Lantern]

55 minutes ago, GermanFan said:

I believe besides me, Marmat and Black Lantern bought that comics from a older Gentleman from Munich a couple of years ago. He told me that when he was a kid in the late 40s/early 50s his mother had a paper shop in Munich and the G.I.s brought regularly old comics to the shop. Mainly DC and Fox GGA. I believe BL bought a PL 17 from him (?). All books were stamped US Zone.

Correct, but not all books were stamped, I wonder why. Since then I discovered two other collections from that time in Austria. I'm sure most of the books didn't survive, but there are a few people who really kept them.

[Black Lantern]

Interesting side note: A lot of these books have a very nice paper quality, like the Phantom Lady above with white pages.

[tabcom]

The Flash 101 has very nice page quality.

Edited August 28, 2018 by tabcom