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Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 11:47 pm
by PinnacleReproducer
Was there such a thing, was there a stamp for it, and anyone have an example?!?
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:58 pm
by victorIIvictor
If there were such tax stamps, they would likely be mentioned and perhaps illustrated here:
http://www.78rpm.net.nz/
Best wishes, Mark
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 3:15 pm
by billybob62
Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.K. but the shipping is outrageous.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:57 pm
by VintageTechnologies
billybob62 wrote:Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.K. but the shipping is outrageous.
Yes, the shipping is outrageous. It is mostly due to taxes, I think. Shipping from some foreign countries is much more reasonable, so I don't believe the problem is cost of fuel.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:53 am
by Marco Gilardetti
billybob62 wrote:Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.K. but the shipping is outrageous.
Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.S.A. but the shipping is outrageous.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:52 am
by epigramophone
Postage WITHIN the UK is also outrageous, but to return to the subject....
In October 1915 the British Government imposed a tax of 33.3% on all talking machine products, and the importation of such products was prohibited by further legislation from 21st March 1916. The import restrictions were lifted in June 1919, but the tax was not!
It is perhaps worth remembering that Income Tax was introduced in Britain as a temporary measure to fund the Napoleonic Wars, but it is still with us.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:00 pm
by audiophile102
Check out the stamps on my Gilbert and Sullivan records imported by Victor.
http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =3&t=23671
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:31 am
by neilmack
Mecolico stamps signify the payment of a levy to the owner of the copyright of the music, rather than a Government tax.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:05 pm
by BwanaJoe
Marco Gilardetti wrote:billybob62 wrote:Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.K. but the shipping is outrageous.
Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.S.A. but the shipping is outrageous.
LOL! Awesome.
Re: Great War Tax on British Records?
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:14 am
by FloridaClay
BwanaJoe wrote:Marco Gilardetti wrote:billybob62 wrote:Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.K. but the shipping is outrageous.
Speaking of records, I would buy more from the U.S.A. but the shipping is outrageous.
LOL! Awesome.
True. It works both ways I suppose. It does keep some of us here in the colonies from buying records from the mother country from doing so though.
Clay