Tax Stamps & Tax Stipes of 43 Countries in the World
How to date a bottle of Whisky
Whisky spirits alcohol tax stripes excise stamps banderoles duty free Whiskey
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Argentina
Tax Stamps
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 1b")
Miniatures:
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 5a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 5b")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 6a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 6b")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 6c")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 2a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 2b")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 3a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 3b")
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 "Argentina Tax Stamp 4a")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 4b")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 4c")
 "Argentina Tax Stamp 4d")
Azerbaijan
Tax Stamps
 "Azerbaijan Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Azerbaijan Tax Stamp 1b")
 "Azerbaijan Tax Stamp 2")
 "Azerbaijan Tax Stamp 3")
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Belarus
Tax Stamps
 "Belarus Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Belarus Tax Stamp 2a")
Brazil
Tax Stamps
 "Brazil Tax Stamp 3a")
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 "Brazil Tax Stamp 2a")
 "Brazil Tax Stamp 2b")
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 "Brazil Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Brazil Tax Stamp 1b")
Bulgaria
Tax Stamps
 "Bulgaria Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Bulgaria Tax Stamp 1b")
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Canada
Tax Stamps
The date shows the year of distillation.
Additional tax stamp information for Canada (external link), pdf-file:
http://www.esjvandam.com/Canada%20Liquor%20stamps.pdf A Preliminary Listing of Canada's Bottled-in-bond Liquor Stamps
(reprinted from Canadian Revenue Newsletter 55, Dec 2006) - Canada Liquor
stamps.pdf
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Islands of Cap Verde
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China
Tax Stamps
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China Duty Not Paid.
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Colombia - Antioquia Department
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José María
Córdova - Wikipedia (external link)
Antioquia
Department - Wikipedia (external link)
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Denmark
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Dominican Republic
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Egypt
Tax Stamps
 "Egypt tax stamp 1a")
 "Egypt tax stamp 1a")
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Greece
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Hong Kong
duty not paid
HKDNP
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Up to 1997 Hong Kong was under British rule.
In this time inside the duty free area of the Hong Kong Airport bottles were
sold with HKDNP.
This was also continued after 1997.
 "HKDNP 1")
 "HKDNP 2")
 "HKDNP 3")
 "HKDNP 5")
 "HKDNP 6")
 "HKDNP 7")
 "HKDNP 8")
 "HKDNP 9")
 "HKDNP 10")
 "HKDNP 10")
Hungary
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India
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Indonesia
Indonesia Duty and Excise not paid
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Italy
Tax Stamps
Years are around.
Years may differ, because importers and shops were authorized to use tax stamps longer, if they still had stamps left.
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Source of the dates (external link) : https://knowhisky.com/2016/08/08/italian-liquor-metal-seals/
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Source of the dates (external link): https://knowhisky.com/2016/08/01/reading-italian-tax-flags-and-seals/
three stars = 1952 - 1971 :
Order: From A001 to A 999, then B001 to B999, ... until Z 999. Then from AA001 to AA999 , then AB 001 to AB999, until ZZ999:
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Anidro / Idrati:
| Parte o percentuale di acqua | + ANIDRO / Anidri | = IDRATI |
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| Part of Water | + Part of Alcohol | = Content |
UTIF:
The licence UTIF is a fiscal document for the sale of alcoholic products.
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Italy, Aosta Valley
(Autonomous region of Italy)
Tax Stamps
The date shows the year of selling.
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Japan
Tax Stamps
Hokkaidō, Hakodate:
 "Japan Tax Stamp 1")
Also tax stamps exists in Okinawa.
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Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republika
Tax Stamps
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Lithuania
Tax Stamps
 "Lithuania Tax Stamp 2a")
 "Lithuania Tax Stamp 2b")
 "Lithuania Tax Stamp 1")
Madeira
(Part of Portugal)
Tax Stamps
 "Madeira Tax Stamp 2a")
 "Madeira Tax Stamp 2b")
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 "Madeira Tax Stamp 1b")
 "Madeira Tax Stamp 1a")
Malaysia
Tax Stamps
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Malaysia
Duty Not Paid (MDNP)
Duty free:
 "Malaysia Tax Stamp 1")
 "Malaysia Tax Stamp 2")
 "Malaysia Tax Stamp 3a")
 "Malaysia Tax Stamp 3b")
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Malta
Tax Stamps
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Mexico
Tax Stamps
Miniatures:
 "Mexico Tax Stamp 1a")
 "Mexico Tax Stamp 1b")
 "Mexico Tax Stamp 1c")
 "Mexico Tax Stamp 1d")
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More information about
SAT (external link):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servicio_de_Administraci%C3%B3n_Tributaria
SHCP (external link):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_of_Finance_and_Public_Credit
Moldova
Tax Stamps
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Myanmar
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Peru
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Poland
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Portugal
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Spain
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More info for EXCISE DUTY FOR SPIRITS IN THAILAND (external link): http://www.thebigchilli.com/news/fruit-wine-is-it-for-real
Thailand
Duty not paid
Duty free:
Here you can check where the bottle was bought
(external link):
http://dutyfree.toat.co.th:5001/express-stock/index.html
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
Tax Stamps
UK Tax Stamps first started at 1st October 2006.
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United States of America
U.S.A.
Tax Stamps
The dates on the blue and the green banderoles shows:
Earlier year (& season), "MADE": Distillation Date
Later year (& season), "BOTTLED": Bottling Date
Season: Only SPRING and FALL is used.
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Under PROOF:
Source of the dates: COLLECTING SCOTCH WHISKY by Emmanuel Dron, AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA, VOLUME I 19th & 20th Century
No Series with Volume: 1934 to 1944:
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Bottled under United States Government Supervision:
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© copyright by Wikipedia
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Map_of_USA_with_state_names.svg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesstaat_der_Vereinigten_Staaten (external
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28 U.S.A. StatesState of:
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Miniatures:
Additional minibottle tax stamp information (external link): http://www.minibottles.com/coll_usa_information.php
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Miniatures for both countries U.S.A. and Canada togeher you can see here: Canada Tax Stamps
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Bottled in Bond:
After the end of the tax-stamp-obligation in 1986, these "Fake Tax Stripes" were made by the producer to signalize that the duty is paid.
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Four Roses:
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OBSV - OBSK - OBSQ - OBSO - OBSF
OESV - OESK - OESQ - OESO - OESF
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More Information (external link):
http://thewhiskeyjug.com/bourbon-whiskey/epic-tasting-the-four-roses-icons-of-whiskey-all-10-four-roses-recipes-2/
O = From the Four Roses distillery
B / E = The mashbill. B = 60% corn, 35% rye, 5% malted barley E = 75% corn,
20% rye, 5% malted barley
S = Straight whiskey
V / K / Q / O / F = The yeast strain
More Information (external link)
http://www.thebourbonbuddy.com/2016/08/15/four-rose-bourbon-oesk-rileys-private-selection-review/
“V” = delicate fruitiness
“K” = slight spice
“Q” = floral essence
“O” = rich fruitiness
“F” = herbal essence
Venezuela
Tax Stamps
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Vietnam
Tax Stamps
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Vietnam
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