Hi Michelle, I sent an answer directly David. The US Customs requires that all items imported be labeled in English as to the country of manufacture. Just as books published in New York could be printed in China; books published in Frankfort could be printed in Russia.
See https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbp.gov/trade/rulings/informed-compliance-publications/marking-country-origin-us-imports__;!!KGKeukY!3He3TIqhGEc98gFn6IdznyDQYVnUb4D4HnnxWL4EhQK3eBCCmR_86yPlYTlylUsK5hfZDnCHCcpG0niO8Dp_kA$ for labeling regulations for imports. On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 8:42 AM Michelle Margolis via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > Hi David, This is a question I've wondered about for years; I've seen it > on many books (none of which are from Russia or Poland). My suspicion was > similar to your second one - that it may have been used by the army (maybe > even prior > Hi David, > > This is a question I've wondered about for years; I've seen it on many > books (none of which are from Russia or Poland). My suspicion was similar > to your second one - that it may have been used by the army (maybe even > prior to JCR, when they were still looking at sending books back to the > country of origin). However, I have no proof for this hypothesis. I'd be > very curious to hear if anyone has solid information about these stamps! > > Michelle > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 3:38 AM David Fasman via Hasafran < > hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > >> Hello All, I’ve been doing extensive provenance research recently, and >> continue to run into books marked as, “Printed in Russia,” or, “Printed in >> Poland,” though only a few of the hundreds of books we have contain that >> stamp and actually come >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> I’ve been doing extensive provenance research recently, and continue to >> run into books marked as, “Printed in Russia,” or, “Printed in Poland,” >> though only a few of the hundreds of books we have contain that stamp and >> actually come from either location. The attached picture is the TP of Sefer >> Emunat Shmuel, published in Frankfurt am Main, 1682/1683. On the bottom of >> the page is the stamp I am talking about. It is always in the same font, >> though the color varies mostly between red and purple. >> >> >> >> To my knowledge, Frankfurt was never in Russia or Poland (or Latvia for >> that matter). I am wondering, and have a few guesses as to why, but wanted >> to see if any of y’all had a definitive answer. My main guess is that in >> times of Russian and Polish censorship (late 18th century to early 20th >> century) Jews may have stamped their own texts in order to avoid censorship >> or worse. But thinking about it, I don’t know why the stamps would be in >> English, when other censorship stamps from Poland and Russia were in their >> native languages. 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