Detective Comics #27 Date Stamp Question 0

[Wayne-Tec]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if any of you are familiar with comic book date stamps?

The approximate newsstand release date for Tec #27 was April 18th, 1939.

Obviously the “APR 19” is April 19th, but what does the letter “Y” represent?

[Primetime]

Every retailer would have their own "codes" to identify arrival dates for record keeping. Typically, we see "R" then the date, which probably meant "received." Perhaps "Y" meant "year" in this case but was not specified in the type? Numerical codes (call back numbers), such as "73" for More Fun Comics on the Larsons, were more significant as they marked codes for retailers to re-order that particular title. 

[Wayne-Tec]

3 hours ago, Primetime said:

Every retailer would have their own "codes" to identify arrival dates for record keeping. Typically, we see "R" then the date, which probably meant "received." Perhaps "Y" meant "year" in this case but was not specified in the type? Numerical codes (call back numbers), such as "73" for More Fun Comics on the Larsons, were more significant as they marked codes for retailers to re-order that particular title. 

Thanks for the feedback!

Do you have any scans of similar stamps, other codes, etc.?

I’m interested in learning more about these things.

[woowoo]

3 hours ago, Wayne-Tec said:

Thanks for the feedback!

Do you have any scans of similar stamps, other codes, etc.?

I’m interested in learning more about these things.

I got this only

 

[Primetime]

22 hours ago, Wayne-Tec said:

Thanks for the feedback!

Do you have any scans of similar stamps, other codes, etc.?

I’m interested in learning more about these things.

Search for Mike High & Reilly/SF pedigrees and you will see D and G (Gilboy) Distributor codes with numerical months and days written on a lot of them. These are important markings specifically for most of these peds.