(9) Different 1897 Cigarette Specimens in Black, Blue and Red 1897:6, 7 and 10 Cigarettes with Diagonal SPECIMEN O/P in RED.
Black stamps were for the Full Rate of Excise Duty, Red Stamps were for the Intermediate Rate and Blue stamps were for Imported Cigarettes.
Ryan numbers for regular Cigarette Revenues are for:
(6) Cigarettes: RC128, 152 and 180
(7) Cigarettes: RC131, 154 and 168
(10) Cigarettes: RC134, 156 and 184