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Wayne’s archive #2

This time I will write about four old Canadian Whiskies. The first is Quebec Royal
Blended Canadian Whisky. It was imported and bottled in the U.S.A. for Foreign
Vintages, Inc., New York. The bottle is 1/10 pint and contains 86.8 proof whiskies. My
bottle has an Alabama tax stamp, not visible in the photograph.

Bottle number two is Dominion Ten Blended Canadian Whisky. It was bottled and
blended by Montmorency Distillery Ltd. of Beaupre, Ontario, Canada, and distributed by
National Distillers Products Corp., New York. The bottle is 1/10 pint and contains 6 year
old 86.8 proof whiskies. My bottle has a 1948 Canadian tax stamp and also a Wisconsin
tax stamp that is not visible in the photograph.

The third bottle is Corby’s Special Select Canadian Whisky. It was distilled and bottled
by Consolidated Distilleries Limited of Corbyville, Ontario, Canada, and distributed by
Oldetyme Distillers Inc., Chanin Bdg., in New York. The bottle is 1/10 pint and contained
8 year old 90 proof whiskies. My bottle has a 1927 Canadian tax stamp and also a
Florida tax stamp that is not visible in the photograph.

The last bottle is Carrington Reserve Blended Canadian Whisky. It was distilled and
bottled by Carrington and Company Calgary, Canada, and distributed by Rogers, Allen
& Company, Ltd., Baltimore, Maryland. The bottle is 1/10 pint and contained 90.4 proof
whiskies. My bottle has a 1949 Canadian tax stamp and also a Maryland tax stamp.

Based on the
state tax
stamps these
bottle, with the
exception of
the Corby’s
Special Select ,
are all from the
1950’s.
Strangely, the
state tax stamp
on the Corby’s
Special Select
makes it from
the 1940’s.
This seems
odd even
though
Canadian tax
stamps carry
the date of distilling and the product is eight years old, which would make it saleable in
1935.

As with so many bottles, these would make a fine addition to any collection and certainly
do to mine.

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