1Rashtriya Raksha University, Raksha Shakti Rd, Lavad, Gujarat382305
2Assistant Professor, National Forensic Science University, Goa Campus, Curti, Ponda, Goa-201301
*Corresponding Author Dr. Manisha Mann, Assistant Professor, National Forensic Science University, Goa Campus, Curti, Ponda, Goa-201301, Email: manisha.mann001@gmail.com, manisha.mann_goa@nfsu.ac.in
Online published on 6 March, 2023.
The following review paper is titled Security features present in excise stamp (tobacco and liquor). The following features are discussed in the paper-Two-toned watermark, Security fibres, Stamp foil, Security thread, Polarised filter, Color shift ink, Serial number, Anti peeling feature, Background image, Anti photocopying feature, Intaglio printing, UV-Visible ink, Quadro-fluorescent ink, Jura ICI feature, IR ink, Micro text, Machine detectable feature, Guilloche pattern, Bi fluorescent ink, Hologram, Hidden text and QR code. Six different countries were undertaken- Nepal, Russia, Canada, India, European Union and the USA, security features present in their excise stamps were put in the form of a rubrics table. Out of 22 security features, it was found that Nepal had the maximum number of security features 14 out of 22 features present, namely- Security fibres, Serial number, Anti peeling feature, Background image, Intaglio printing, UV-Visible ink, IR ink, Micro text, Machine detectable feature, Guilloche pattern, Hidden text, Bi fluorescent ink, Hologram and QR code. European Union followed 13 out of 22 features present, namely, Security Fibres, Stamp foil, Serial number, Background image, UV-Visible ink, Quadro fluorescent ink, Jura ICI feature, IR ink, Micro text, Machine Detectable features, Guilloche pattern, Hologram and QR code. Russia is coming next with 12 out of 22 features, namely- Two toned watermark, Security fibres, Stamp foil, Security thread, Polarised filter, Color shift ink, Serial number, Background image, UV-Visible ink, Micro text, Hologram and QR code. Followed by India with 10 out of 22 features: Stamp foil, Serial number, Anti peeling feature, Background image, intaglio printing, Micro text, Machine detectable feature, Guilloche pattern, Hologram and QR code. Canada is coming next with 8 out of 22 features, namely- Color shift ink, Serial number, Background image, Anti photocopying feature, Intaglio printing, UV-Visible printing, Micro text and Guilloche pattern. Lastly, the USA has 6 out of 22 features: Polarised filter, Color shift ink, Serial number Anti peeling feature, Background image and Micro text.
Security features, Two-toned watermark, Security fibres, Stamp foil, Security thread, Polarised filter, Color shift ink, Serial number, Anti peeling feature, Background image, Anti photocopying feature, Intaglio printing, UV-Visible ink, Quadro-fluorescent ink, Jura ICI feature, IR ink, Micro text, Machine detectable feature, Guilloche pattern, Bi fluorescent ink, Hologram, Hidden text and QR code, Excise stamp, Nepal, India, Russia, Canada, European Union, USA, Tobacco, Liquor
