Why Do Some Revenues Get Into The Scott Catalog And Some Don't?

As a fan, I can appreciate the efforts of the Scotch makers. :-)

I would like to know the size of a Filled Cheese stamp please and thank you.

Any imported Filled Cheese stamps?

Yes, and if I remember correctly, colored oleomargarine (not sure if that's the right term, but it's the kind of margarine we're used to today) was taxed at a higher rate than the natural, uncolored margarine. Without coloring agents, natural margarine, at least of the kind manufactured 80-100 years ago, is an unappetizing gray color. The dairy industry was behind the higher tax on the colored margarine because they knew most people would prefer butter to the uncolored.

The Series of 1952 and 1961 Filled Cheese stamps measure about 104.5 mm wide by 71.5 mm high.

To the best of my knowledge there are no export or import filled cheese stamps. One might note that the illustration of redwoodrandy is a box of cheese made from skim milk - a dairy product and not filled cheese. Filled cheese is a non-animal product, that is, not made from animal milk. With the proliferation of soy milk, almond milk, etc. it probably is only a matter of time until we see cheeses made from these non-dairy "milks." But since the tax on filled cheese is long expired, we need not worry about such matters and what these might be labelled or called. Rest assured they will probably not be labelled filled cheese!

Actually, "filled cheese," as defined by the U.S. government, does contain milk. The difference between "cheese" and "filled cheese" is that filled cheese ALSO contains "butter, animal oils or fats, vegetable or any other oils."

This is very similar to "mixed flour," which contains things other than just flour in it.

See relevant definition page below.

Jim

Reference: The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, Title 26, Parts 40 to 169, Revised as of January 1, 1966, Office of the Federal Register, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966, page 95

Well, I just looked up the Filled Cheese Act and section 11 requires a tax of 8 Cents per pound for imported filled cheese products. So who will be the first to find this rate on "document." Perhaps this is why we have the blank valve stamp in the last series to allow for the difference between metric and US measurements. Say a 1Kg = 2.2 Lbs x 8 cents =17.6 cents tax due.