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  2. History of United States postage rates - Wikipedia

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    G Stamp Used (also 3 cent G makeup rate stamp) January 10, 1999.33.33.22.20 H Stamp Used (also 1 cent H makeup rate stamp) January 7, 2001.34.34.21.20 Nondenominated Stamps Used July 1, 2001.34.34.23.21 Nondenominated Stamps Used June 30, 2002.37.37.23.23 Flag and Antique Toy Stamps Used January 8, 2006.39.39.24.24 Lady Liberty Flag Stamp Used

  3. Stamp duty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    An 1875 £3 chancery revenue stamp of the United Kingdom. Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France". [3]

  4. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    The 5-cent stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be steel, and laid out in sheets of 200 stamps.

  5. The first known piece of mail sent using a prepaid stamp — “one of the greatest leaps forward in human communication” — could fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million when it comes up ...

  6. Revenue stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first series of revenue stamps have two distinctive design types with each stamp designating the tax 'duty'. Designs for denominations 1-cent through 20-cents were simple, bearing a portrait of George Washington, while stamps with denominations 25-cents through 1-dollar are larger and have a more elaborate design and also designate the tax ...

  7. Stamp duty - Wikipedia

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    Stamp Duty Land Tax" (SDLT), a new transfer tax derived from stamp duty, was introduced for land and property transactions from 1 December 2003. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions". On 24 March 2010, Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced two significant changes to UK Stamp Duty Land ...

  8. Penokean orogeny - Wikipedia

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    The Penokean orogeny was a mountain-building episode that occurred in the early Proterozoic about 1.86 to 1.83 billion years ago, in the area of Lake Superior, North America. The core of this orogeny, the Churchill Craton , is composed of terranes derived from the 1.86–1.81 Ga collision between the Superior and North Atlantic cratons .

  9. History of inheritance taxes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    between £500 and £1000, £1 5 s. per £50 (i.e., 2.5%) or part thereof; above £1,000, £3 per £100 (i.e., 3%) or part thereof; Any stamp duty of 5 s. per £100 (i.e., 0.25%) previously paid on a deed of voluntary arrangement of property included in the account is to be returned upon production of the settlement. Corporation duty