This heading covers date, sealing and similar stamps and composing sticks, provided they are of a type designed to be used independently in the hand. (Date, sealing and similar stamps incorporating a base for fixing on a table, desk, etc., or designed for operating on a stand are excluded - see the Explanatory Note to heading 84.72.)
These articles include :(1) Seals for use with sealing wax, with or without design and whether or not provided with handles. (2) Stamps of all kinds, with or without the printing band or self-inking device; for example, date stamps, multiformula stamps, docketing and ticketing stamps, numbering stamps (self-changing or not), roller stamps, pocket stamps (usually consisting of a stamp and ink-pad in a protective case). (3) Composing or setting sticks for receiving interchangeable characters. Some sticks may bear a permanent text or design (e.g., post office composing or setting sticks in which only the date is changed). (4) Small hand printing sets (not being toys) consisting of a box containing a hand-operated composing or setting stick, interchangeable characters, tweezers and an ink-pad. (5) Hand-operated devices for stamping tickets with a date or other characters, even if incorporating a punch.
The heading does not cover : (a) Plombing and sealing pliers, and animal marking pliers (heading 82.03). (b) Branding irons and marking punches (heading 82.05). (c) Unmounted letters, figures or other characters of a kind used in printing machines (heading 84.42). Other types of unmounted characters are classified according to the constituent material. (d) Hand-operated stamps incorporating a base plate for dry relief printing (heading 84.72). (e) Apparatus with clock movements for stamping a record of the time, e.g., of the receipt of a letter (heading 91.06).
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