I got good confirmation that the 64 on the bottle means it came from the Alton, IL factory. The 75 is 1975. Even tho it has the Federal law forbids - it was sometimes left on after 1965. The exact bottle, except made in 1974 not 1975, sold on Worthpoint. I don’t have a membership to give me the...
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/OwensBottleCoPart2.pdf
I need to read this. Thought you would find it interesting, too. It talks about the scaring, too.
I did learn that the requirements to put the federal forbids clause on it dates it as pre 1965. I wonder if no paper label is a detriment to its value?
I bought at Goodwill an 18 inch gallon bottle of Smirnoff. It has two seam lines going through the bottle from bottom to top. There is no cap. There is no paper label. At the bottom of neck it says “federal law forbids sale or re-use of this bottle”. The bottom of the bottle says “Liquor...