96.11 ‑ Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand‑operated composing sticks, and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks.
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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