In October 2012, to target short-term investors seeking to flip a house for profit, Hong Kong extended the existing special stamp duty, or SSD, on property resales from two to three years.

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So, in order to underwrite Augusts' multi-national festival, the Narino government inaugurated a special licensing stamp for state contractors, costing two percent of their contract revenue.

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The Stamp Stampede encourages people to adorn their dollars, to beautify their bucks, to put make-up on their moola, to stamp money with messages that promote a constitutional amendment to get special interest money out of politics.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a special meeting of parliament that both lawmakers and the country's international allies need to do more to stamp out corruption.

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But Russians still need a stamp in their passports and must pay a fee (although residents of the Kaliningrad exclave have secured special arrangements to visit Poland).

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