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Old English Tax By Philip Buckley Did you know that the British government levied a TAX on the sale of hats between 1784 and 1811? There existed a graduated scale of tax for hats costing less than 4s TAX due 3d, to hats costing more than 12s Tax due 2s Hat sellers were obliged to buy a Licence, this cost in London £2, for those outside the London area 5s, on the purchase of the Licence it was required that they displayed a sign which read "Dealer in Hats by Retail" To ensure the Tax was paid, Duty-stamps were printed and had to be pasted into the lining of every Hat Should any retailer or hat-wearer try to avoid paying the Tax due,they would be fined! Should anyone be convicted of the forgery of Hat-duty stamps this became ultimately punishable by DEATH This Tax only applied to men's hats, lucky ladies.

Contributed by salty on March 2, 2009, at 1:59 PM UTC.

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