Lot 523

Rare Antique Complete 1799 Newspaper Hair Powder Tax Licence.

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20 Oct 2022 · No Reserve Rare Maps, Antique Steel Engraving Illustrations & Unique Collectables | Featuring Taylor & Skinner Ireland 1777, Britannia Depicta c1730, John Cary 1787, 1791, 1794 & Thomas Dugdale 1850,

Description

Manchester Gazette Saturday March 30th 1799.

This Unique Account of the 1798 Rebellion is 225 Years Old.

And Measures approx. 19x 13 (Inches) 480 x 330 (mm).

A List of People who has Purchased Their Hair Tax Certificate

The Duty on Hair Powder Act 1795 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain levying a tax on hair powder.

The tax was used to finance government programs, especially wars with France in the late 1700s and early 1800 The Act was repealed in 1869.

The Act stated that everyone wishing to use hair powder must, from 5 May 1795, visit a stamp office to enter their name and pay for an annual certificate costing 1 guinea (the equivalent of GB£100.

Certain exemptions were included the Royal Family and their servants.

Clergymen with an income of under £100 a year.

Members of the Armed Forces who were Privates in the Army, Artillery Soldiers, Mariners, Engineers, Non-Commissioned officers, Officers in the Navy below Commander, Yeomanry, Militia, Fencibles, and Volunteers.

A father with more than two unmarried daughters could buy two certificates that would be valid for any number he stated at the stamp office.

The master of a household could buy a certificate for a number of his servants, and that certificate would also be valid for their successors within that year.

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