Printed publication, 1869, Stamp Tax | De Nieuwsbladen en het Zegelregt, Gebr. Belinfante, 's-Gravenhage, 1869, 102 (2) pp.

Van Lee, M.H.

Printed publication, 1869, Stamp Tax | De Nieuwsbladen en het Zegelregt, Gebr. Belinfante, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1869, 102 (2) pp.

Name: Printed publication, 1869, Stamp Tax | De Nieuwsbladen en het Zegelregt, Gebr. Belinfante, 's-Gravenhage, 1869, 102 (2) pp.
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Printed publication on newspaper stamp tax.

The “dagbladzegel” was a stamp used to levy taxes on newspapers in the nineteenth century through the implementation of stamp duty. A stamp on the newspaper indicated that the newspaper tax had been paid. In the Netherlands, the stamp tax was introduced in 1812. Later in the nineteenth century, stamp duty was also extended to advertisements. Due to the extremely high rate of this tax (which had amounted to two and a half cents in 1832), newspapers were available to those who could still afford it, thus hitting cheaper papers and popular readership harder than wealthy consumers. Moreover, the regulation hindered the establishment of new newspapers. Many publishers used the exemption for small newspapers, issuing so-called “lilliputterpers,” mostly oppositional periodicals in a very small format. The government put an end to this practice in 1845 by henceforth taxing all sizes of print. Protests against the measure grew increasingly louder from about 1850.

In 1867 the anti-Dagbladzegelverbond (anti newspaper stamp association) is founded. In 1869 Pieter Philip van Bosse establishes a law to abolish stamp duty on printed material and advertisements in newspapers. Pressured by the ongoing protests, the government finally abolished the stamp tax on July 1st of 1869.

Newspaper – stamp tax – protest – print

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SKU: 67426 Categories: History, Legal, Newspapers, Pamphlets & Publications, Seals, The Netherlands

Abebooks category: Books
Period Made: 1850-1900
Product type: Books

Paper, 22.2 x 13.6. Formerly in the collection of the Royal Library of The Hague (stamp on verso title page). Stamp from the Literary Society (Littéraire societeit ‘s-Gravenhage) of The Hague on title page. Some foxing.