Limited Editions and Bottle Count Labeling Question

[summitdog]

Is there an industry standard that if a particular expression is limited to X number of bottles then the distiller will indicate the bottle number on the label? Another way to ask this: "What is the industry threshold number for NOT numbering the bottles of a specific bottle limitation?

The Rosebank website proclaims that the Rosebank 30 - Release 1 is limited to 4350 70cl bottles. The website is silent on the number of Rosebank 30 - Release 1 75cl bottles that are to be released. My first intuition was that the 4350 number includes both bottle sizes. I am now having some doubts about that in light of the fact that I have seen no less than 6 bottles of the 75cl version within a 10 mile radius in the last two weeks.

NOTE: I did send Rosebank an email inquiry on the bottle count. I have not received a response from Rosebank at the time of posting this thread.

[Bookie]

There is no industry standard, sometimes the bottler will disclose bottle numbers on the label for limited release expressions and sometimes they wont. I dont like when they announce a certain number of bottles in a release and dont put that number on the bottle.

[Duncan Disorderly]

You’d think it’d be in their interest to do so, but not always. A collector would surely be happy to part with a little more cash if the bottle number is on the label.