Self-adhesive stamp (banderole) for cigarette paper introduced on 1.3.2004

Besides the new self-adhesive banderole for cigarette paper, starting on 1 March 2004, the old non-self-adhesive banderoles (165 x 14 mm) are still manufactured. The companies affixing banderoles to cigarette paper packs are allowed to use either the old or the new kind of banderoles. The new banderole measures 85 x 13 mm and has a radiused left end. This shape is the same as the medium long banderole for spirits.

Overview of measurements of stamps for tobacco and tobacco related products:

	Measurement	Period of use
S1	165 x 14 mm	Band shaped format was introduced in 1912, at present 165 x 14 mm
S2	ca. 25 x 44 mm	Vertical format introduced in 1950
S3	ca. 22 x 28 mm	In use ca. 1977-1992
S4	ca. 21.5 x 37.5 mm	In use ca. 1993-1995
S5	ca. 22.65 x 40 mm	Introduced in 1995
S6	ca. 19 x 45 mm	Introduced in 1998
		Self-adhesives
S10	ca. 85 x 13 mm	Introduced in 2004

The stated measurements include margins of S2-S6.


Furthermore, stamps for pipe tobacco and fine cut tobacco are also found in two sizes. Thus, besides the old measurement of 25 x 44 mm, stamps measuring 22.65 x 40 mm, which hitherto only was used for cigarettes, are from 1.4.2004 also manufactured for pipe tobacco and fine cut tobacco.

Opdateret d. 17.3.2023