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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?
March 2025
  • ​The Revenue Society's 23rd Postal Auction catalogue is now available here - please contact me to request scans or for further information on any lot
January 2025
  • Palestine: new images added of X35 and X61
  • ​South Africa (Union / Republic): new X53, X56, X58a, X60, X85a/b, X86, X90, X111 added and new image for X92; old X51/55 renumbered X48/52, old X51a -> new X55, X52a -> X56a, X53a/54a -> X57/8, X55a/b -> X59/a, X91 -> X87, X111 -> X110
November 2024
  • The Revenue Society's auction was held on Saturday 9 November.  The unsold lots are listed here along with prices realised and the auction catalogue - please contact me to purchase unsolds subject to availability.
October 2024
September 2024
  • ​The Revenue Society's latest auction catalogue is now available here - please contact me to request scans or for further information on any lot - bidding deadline 9 November
  • ​Palestine: new images added for X31 and X33
August 2024
July 2024
  • Kenya: Graduated Personal Tax and Hospital Tax sections rewritten; new G1a, G2/4, G6/8, G10d, G12b, G13a, G13f, G14f, G16a, G18a, G18g, H21, H212/3, H246, H249, H251, H263, H281, H288 added; G1/8 renumbered G41/48, old G12/18 -> new G22/28, G21/28 -> G31/38, G32/38 -> G12c/G18c, G41 -> G1, G43 -> G13e, G45 -> G5, G46/48 -> G16b/18b, H246/7 -> H247/8, H248 -> H250, H249/253 -> H252/6, H263/75 -> H264/76
  • South Africa - Entertainments Duty chapter re-written, with major changes to Natal and Orange Free State listings
  • Cape: new E24 added
  • Natal: new E101, E51/52, E55a, E114, E120/2 added; E22/67, E81/94 deleted; E17/18 renumbered E18/19, old E78 -> new E17, E79 -> E21, E105/6 -> E31/32, E101/3 -> E41/43, E107/8 -> E71/72, E111/5 -> E81/85, E122/130 -> E92/100, E131/2 -> E54/5, E133 -> E61, E141/6 -> E111/9, E151/3 -> E131/3
  • Orange Free State: new E1a, E3a, E7, E17, E21, E25, E34/5, E43, E55a, E65/9, E71/76 added; old 1 renumbered E11, old 2 -> new E22, 2a/b -> E12/a, 3 -> E24, 4 -> E15, 11/13 ->  E31/33, 14 -> E36, 21/25 -> E1/5a, 31/32 -> E37/38, 32a/33 -> E8a/9, 41/45 -> E51/55, 51/52 -> E41/42, 53 -> E43a, 54 -> E44
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
  • Trinidad and Tobago: new Z4, Z12, Z20a, Z20c, Z37, Z40, Z51/56, Z60, Z62/68 added; old Z31/3 renumbered new Z57/9, old Z34 -> new Z61, Z42 -> Z78, Z44 -> Z81, Z46/8 -> Z83/5
December 2023
November 2023
September 2023
August 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
January 2023
  • ​New listing published for Somaliland Protectorate
  • Palestine: new X1/2, X4/8, X10/11, X13/22, X31/32, X34/38, X41, X51/53, X61, X71/72, X81, X83, X86, X91/94 added; old X1 renumbered X3, old X3 -> new X9, X4 -> X12, X6 -> X33, X8 -> X82, old X11 and X16 -> X87
  • ​South Africa (Union / Republic): X33, X66, X184 added
  • Major rewrite of the Uganda chapter with numerous new images, new listings and several items renumbered
  • Uganda new additions: A2, new A11, A16, X1/21, Z23, Z25/30, Z41/48, Z51, Z56a, Z61, Z72, Z81, Z82/a, R2a, R15b, R45a/b, R67a, R77a, R85b, new R93, R153aa, new R159, R171a, new R175, new R178, R191a, R192a, R194b/c, new R253, S55, S58/9, S61, S74, S84, S93
  • Uganda listings renumbered: old A11 renumbered A12, old Z2/3 -> new Z21/22, Z6 -> Z24, Z21 -> Z52, Z30 -> Z56, Z38 -> Z71, Z40 -> Z73, Z41 -> Z74, R93 -> R94, R159/d -> R160/d, R160/c -> R161/c, R175 -> R175a, R178 -> R178b, R253/4 -> R254/5
November 2022
October 2022
  • Aden: C1, C4, C23, R11/13, S53, S55, S68, S83 added
  • Barbados: R54a, R62a, R63a added
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
April 2022
March 2022
December 2021
November 2021
August 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
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 to reflect the latest discoveries.  Send me a new scan today and it will be on the website tomorrow.  That's the theory anyway! - actually I have a pretty constant backlog, but I'm working my way through it gradually.  Thanks for bearing with me!

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.  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