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Relaunch of The Scotsman

When: 1855
Where: Scotland (within the United Kingdom)
Part of: Stamp duty removed from British newspapers

Following the abolition of newspaper stamp tax in Scotland in 1855, The Scotsman was relaunched as a daily newspaper.

The Scotsman was relaunched as a daily newspaper priced at 1d with a circulation of 6,000 copies. This development illustrates the impact of the tax repeal on publications in Scotland, where the newspaper stamp tax had been abolished in 1855.

Sources

History of British newspapers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-10

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