There are many different production marks on Disneyana merchandise. It's hard to try to figure out exactly which year an item was produced. Here is a guide to the different marks and the years they were used. Hope this helps you with your Disneyana Collections.
The very first true "Disney" merchandise was Oswald Rabbit items in 1927. The copyright read "Universal".
1929-1939 Walt Disney Enterprises
1930- ? Walt E. Disney and Walter E. Disney on foreign licensed merchandise.
1939 Walt Disney Productions, or W.D.P.
(1943-64: Postal zones started showing up on manufacturer's addresses)
1946-1951 "Made in Occupied Japan"
(1964 Zip codes were added to the postal system)
1971 W.D.P. and WDP were eliminated and only Walt Disney Productions was used
1986 Walt Disney Co.
1987- Present Disney
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