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Welcome to my website!  This is where I record my observations about revenue stamps and documents.  Some of my research has previously been published in The Revenue Journal, The Malayan Philatelist, The Pakistan Study Circle Newsletter and Gibbons Stamp Monthly.  This website was started in November 2009 and I have worked on it every month or so since then.  There is a What's new section on this page so that you can check my progress.


What's new?
May 2012
  • Burma: L1 added (old L1/4 become L11/14); new or improved images added for F14, I63, I65, J31, P121, P140, S81a
  • Burma stamp paper: ZJ21 and Z211 added (old Z201 becomes new Z214); new or improved images added for Z113, Z142, Z172/3, ZJ12, ZJ15, ZJ41/2
  • Jamaica: F22b, F28, F62a, F67 added; new or improved images added for F76, J21, J26, T1/2, T7; new usage dates for Z85b, Z86c, Z91b, Z94b, Z96b; supplementary information page: new LRD for Y3, Y44c, Y44d
  • Kuwait: listing re-ordered with some sections renumbered; old #1/65 become new R1/65, old C11/20->C1/10, old P1/24->X1/24; new P1/4 and R65 added
  • Qatar: R36 added; revised dates of issue for R34/54, T21/33
  • United Arab Emirates: revised date of issue for #11/17
  • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): listing re-ordered with most sections renumbered, and revised dates for several issues; old D1 becomes new S1, old P1/8->X1/8, R1/2->R11/12, R6->J1, R11->S13, R21->S21, R31->S26, R34/6->R1/3, R41/3->C11/3, R51/2->C21/2, R61->R21, R62->R26, T1->A11, T11/12->A1/2, T21/3->T1/3, Y1->C31, Y21/3->S31/3; C3, D1/2, P1/2, R4, S16, S34, S41/4 added
  • Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce: revised date of issue for G1/2
April 2012
  • New additions: Jamaica J3a, S21/2; East Africa & Uganda / KUT R124, R155; Zanzibar R257
  • Libya (Republic and People's Republic): page revised with some listings renumbered: old #100a/163 become new R100a/R163, C106->W101, C111/2->C116/7, C116->W111, C118->W116, C126/7 (merged)->W121, M22->M31; C132/6 have been merged with C142/6; former C128 and C156 are now regarded as forgeries and have been deleted; C103, C111 and M22/3 added
  • Malta: E13, E56, E63, E87, F203, F213 and N56 added; N33 and N36 renumbered N57 and N60 respectively; W3 deleted (for explanation, see footnote 1 under W1/9)
March 2012
  • Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 12th Postal Auction
  • This year's auction is particularly strong in British Empire, Middle East and USA
  • Click here for a link to the catalogue
February 2012
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  • Malta Excise section expanded and renumbered: old E1/3 become new E21/3, E4->E26, E11->E41
  • Malta - new additions: E12/4, E24/5, E31/6, E51/84a, N1 (old N1/3 become N2/4), N32 (old N32/35 become N33/36); new image for N14
  • Syria - new additions: A75, C107a, C203, G58, G204/5 (old G204/5 become G206/7), J212, J231/9, J246, J263/5, K105, K122/5, K142/5, L59, L142, L153, L168, L172/3, M9, M18, M21, N303, N305, N403 (old N403/5 become N404/7), N412, N424/a, P215, R409, R441, R610, R635, R653, R653a, R661, R664, R667, R672, R702, R705a, R707, X305, X315
  • Syria - other items renumbered: A64->A74, A68->A78, J301/5->J241/5, L173->L193, R681->R671, R683->R673, R684->R674, R685->R675; old J285/8 become K164/6 under new heading Judicial (Court House)
  • Tanganyika-Tanzania: R94 added; new imprint dates and printing details added for S61/71
  • Zanzibar - new additions: #22, #33 (old #33/34 become #34/35)
January 2012
Earlier What's new? entries are archived here


How this website works

This website follows the format of a catalogue, but with a few features which distinguish it from most other revenue catalogues:

1. It's published free online, giving easy access to anyone who wants it.  (You can freely copy or reproduce any of the information contained here, but please include an acknowledgement to www.revrevd.com).

2. I update it constantly to reflect the latest discoveries.  Send me a new scan today and it will be on the website tomorrow.  That's the theory anyway! - subject of course to work and family commitments.

3. Every stamp is illustrated, so you can see the proof that every listed stamp exists.  I have never found any revenue catalogue to be completely reliable - so if a stamp is listed in another catalogue but I have not seen it, I will footnote it to indicate that it might exist or might not.  I will occasionally list a stamp in square brackets If I am fairly confident that it exists but am unable to illustrate it for the time being.

4. Not priced.  Sorry but I just don't have time - I'm more interested in helping revenue philatelists to know what stamps to look for than in telling them what to pay for them.  My own rule of thumb is simple: if it looks interesting or unusual or attractive, buy it!


I would be very keen to receive illustrations proving the existence of stamps I have not listed.  I also welcome any comments and suggestions as to how this website can be improved.  All correspondence can be sent to my mailbox.


Revenue stamps for sale?

If you have any revenue material for sale, I would be very happy to advise on disposal.  I have run all the postal auctions for The Revenue Society in recent years, as well as a private treaty sale for an outstanding GB revenue collection.  I also have my own revenue collections of GB, British Commonwealth and Middle East, and am always keen to acquire new and interesting material.


And finally...

If you are interested in revenue philately, you might like to consider joining The Revenue Society, of which I am Secretary.

When I am not doing stamps, I work for a church in Bromley, UK.  Our church website can be found here.


Happy collecting!
Andrew McClellan