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Show English Tax on Newspapers. On Juno IS. lS.1.r, Kuglniurs news '.mpor stamp ilui) was ubulUhcd and iho relBii of the cheap daily begati. This "tax cm lmriwleilee" was first 1m-lioaeil 1m-lioaeil In 1712 and wan nimle most severe se-vere by the act of IS2n which fixed It nt 4 pence (K coiiib) n sht-et, with 'i shlllliiKs C piuirc (f7 cents) duty on each adertlnenieni. The wlilgs reduced re-duced Iho duty to n penny Ju S.1fi. hut when the 1'rlinenu war broke out and ovoiyiine wanieu the news -vcn n penny dutj van found to li lniolcr able. Its repeal Is called tho Magna Charia of the British picas. |