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According to the description of the pack No. 83 in Larry Lubliner's Fred G. Taylor Collection Auction #3, a round tax stamp on the Ace of Clubs was used c. 1942. A picture there shows this card and the stamp.

Also (and probably solely later), adhesive bands to seal the package were used.

This band was in use around 1942, in the Kingdom of Egypt. The text on the left side is 'DUTY PAID' with an underlying repeated 'KINGDOM OF EGYPT'. In the middle is 'Egyptian Customs Administration' and 'EXCISE DUTY ON PLAYING CARDS'. Presumably the same text is repeated in Arabian. There was a red cancelling stamp on the band.

This is the middle part of a band presumably used before 1952, in the Kingdom of Egypt. I assume this because of the crown in the middle. The text on the left side is '[EGYPTIAN] CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION', with the 'EGYPTIAN' guessed from a comparison with the text on other stamps. In the middle is 'DUTY PAID'. Presumably the same text is repeated in Arabian above and on the right. There was a black cancelling stamp on the band, and a printed signature on the right. This band was used for imported cards; it resembles the band shown as the last below, and possibly the missing ends looked similar to those shown there.

This band was in use possibly around 1950. The text on the left is 'DUTY PAID', 'EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT', and a value of '10 MILLS' (10 Milliemes). Presumably the same text is repeated on the right in Arabian. In the middle is 'EGYPTIAN CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION' and 'EXCISE DUTY ON PLAYING CARDS', and between that another Arabian text which might have the same meaning. On the left of that you can read 'FOREIGN', so this band was for imported cards.

This is a similar band in a different colour. The space where the 'FOREIGN' was on the previous stamp is not in the scan, so this might be for local cards or for a different class of foreign cards. (scanned by Ulrich Knüpfer)

This is part of another similar band in a different colour. You can see in the left part the text 'LOCAL', bands with this colour seem to have been used for packs produced in Egypt.

I do not know when this band was in use. The printed text on the left is 'EXCISE DUTY ON PLAYING CARDS', 'EXCISE & SALES TAX DEPARTMENT (A.R.E.)', and 'DUTY PAID' in the middle. 'A.R.E.' stands for 'Arabian Republic Egypt', which exists since 1952. I think that the text on the right is the same in Arabian. The black writing on the left is 'mahalli' ('domestic'), and that on the right is the signature of the Excise & Sales Tax Department president.

This band was in use presumably 1974 to 1980. It is identical to the previous one except for the colour, and the signature on the right is different.

This band was presumably in use after 1980, definitely around 1988. It is very similar to the previous one, but the printed text on the left is now 'CONSUMPTION TAXES ON PLAYING CARDS' and 'CONSUMPTION TAXES DEPARTMENT (A.R.E.)', and the Arabian text on the right is modified accordingly. The signature on the right ('Mahmoud Said') is different, too.

This is another band which was used for exported packs, I have seen it in addition to one of the last two green bands above.

These are two parts of a band that was presumably used later. The text on the left part is 'TAX ADMINISTRATION FOR AMORTIZATION (A.R.E.)'. The signature on the right part is different again.

While the previous green bands were used for domestic and exported packs, this band was for imported packs. It was in use around 1962. The text is 'EXCISE DUTY ON PLAYING CARDS', 'EGYPTIAN CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATON', and 'DUTY PAID'. The signature on the right is yet another one.