These handstamps were easily identified by the French term Douane or Colis, or by appropriate initials and were used on parcels sent abroad. Date-stamps used at a branch post office within the Customs Office occasionally included the word DRAWBACK. The exporter of a parcel of manufactured goods, such as cigarettes, was entitled to draw back the duty he had paid when the raw materials, such as tobacco, were imported. As this service was employed almost exclusively for cigarette exports, the Arabic inscriptions often included the word for tobacco.