Whenever distilled spirits are sold by manufacturers, rectifiers, importers, or wholesalers to common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign passenger service for use or sale by the carriers partly within the State and partly without the State on board boats, trains, or airplanes, or to persons licensed to sell distilled spirits on board such boats, trains, or airplanes, the tax shall not be levied on the sales made by manufacturers, rectifiers, importers, or wholesalers.