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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?
April 2018
  • Jamaica: S1 image added
  • ​Syria: B6, B11, G56, G240, G256, J226/8, M1 Q106, Q116, S11/12 added; A74 added, old A74 renumbered A73 (some images not yet updated)
March 2018
January & February 2018
  • Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 17th Postal Auction - catalogue to be published shortly
December 2017
November 2017
September 2017
August 2017
  • Burma: new A13 added
  • Malta: new X2 added
  • ​South West Africa / Namibia: C63, N4, N6, P3, P30/P31, P33/36, R83, R145b, R146a, R156b, R160, R190 added; old P2a renumbered P4, old P3 -> P5, old P31 -> P31a
July 2017
  • Antigua: R35, R36, R37a added
  • Bahrain: Z61/62 added
  • Burma stamp paper: Z28/9, Z284, Z299 added
  • Jamaica: Y61, Y67, Y69/70 added
  • Kenya: H282/296, H324, H333/336, H345/347, H349, H363, H366/371, H374, H376 added; old H324/331 renumbered H325/332, old H341/3 -> new H342/4, old H344 -> new H348, old H345/6 -> new H350/1, old H347/8 -> new H355/6, old H362/3 -> new H364/5, old H364 -> new H368, old H365 -> new H373, old H366 -> new H375​
  • Kuwait: new R21/25 added; old R21/26 renumbered R26/31; old R28/29 -> new R32/33, old R31/36 -> new R35/40
  • Malta: F96, N73, X116/7 added
June 2017
  • Burma: new B1 added (old B1 renumbered B6); C151, D11, D13/15, X11/72, L21/4, L31/5, S132, P73, P139, P141, P169, P170, P195, PJ57, PJ77, PJ92 added
  • ​Burma stamp paper: Z13, Z96, Z270/7, Z279, Z283, Z292 added; old Z9a renumbered Z10; old Z10/11 -> new Z11/12, old Z12 -> new Z14, old Z14 -> new Z15
  • Qatar: R16 added
  • The Revenue Society's latest book Entertainments Tax in South Africa (written by Ian Matheson and me) is now published and available for free download from the Society website here
May 2017
  • Sorry - another busy month running the Revenue Society's 16th Postal Auction, which has now closed - click here for a link to the catalogue, here for the realisations, and here for a list of unsold lots and second chance offers
  • ​I have also been working with Ian Matheson on a book about South Africa Entertainments Duty stamps, to be published shortly
April 2017
February & March 2017
  • Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 16th Postal Auction
January 2017
  • Burma: D5/16 added
  • Malta: New K40 added; old K40 renumbered K39
  • Saudi Arabia: RP57 added
  • South Africa - Entertainments Duty: the Cape section has been restructured with new E12 and E22 added and others renumbered as follows: old E1 -> new E41, old E2/11 -> new E31/40, E12/15 -> E42/45, E22 -> E23, E31 -> E11, E32 -> E2, E33/a -> E4/a, E34 -> E5, E41/7 -> E51/7; Transvaal E1/3 and E13a added, old 1/5 renumbered as new E11/15, old 11/12 -> new E4/5
  • Trinidad and Tobago: S348, S486, Y52c, Z46/7 added; new images for Y47 and Y53a
December 2016
  • Bahrain: new/improved images for R11/17, R21, R31/36, R41/46, S125/127, Z31 and Z52
  • British Honduras / Belize: F445, F481, F486, F615, F901/941 added; extra printing details added for S1/3
  • Libya (Kingdom regional issues): Fezzan F7/8 added
  • Malta: E55, E60, N102, X6, X130 added
  • Palestine: C34a, F91, F104, H34, H71a, O23, R30, R41a, X6, X8, Z6b, Z7b, Z15b, Z16a, Z16b, Z19d, Z33a, Z33d, Z35a, Z35c, Z36a added; new X1 added and old X1/2 renumbered X3/4; Z10a renumbered Z11a, old Z11c -> new Z2c, Z18a/c -> Z37a/c, Z19a/21c -> Z18a/20c, Z22a/d -> Z40a/d, Z23c -> Z21c
  • Seychelles: B5 added
November 2016
October 2016
  • Great Britain and Ireland Excise​: E64, E89, E533, E903/4, E924/5 added
  • Libya (British Occupation): M4, M11, M11b, M12/21, M24/26 added; M2 renumbered M11a, M3 renumbered M21a, M4 renumbered M22
  • Libya: (Kingdom regional issues): T53/55, T59, T62/65​, M41, M44/51, M55/62, M64/66, C16, C21 added; T55/56 renumbered T56/57, old T58/59 -> new T60/61, M11/12 -> M42/43, M14/15 -> M53/54, M16 -> M63
  • Libya: (Republic and People's Republic): M71/72, M104 added; M21/23 renumbered M81/83, old M31/32 -> new M91/92, old M44 -> new M104
  • South West Africa / Namibia: T1d, T1f, T1h, T2e, T2g, T2j, T3j, T3k, T7k, T8k, T10c, T10e, T10i, T10k, T10l, T11i, T11ja, T11k, T13d, T13e, T13fa, T13ia, T14i, T15da, T15ja, T16c, T16e, T17e, T20d, T20i, T22j, T31l, T40j, T71a, T72a, T72b, T81a added; T13k renumbered T13ka, T71 renumbered T71b, T81/2 renumbered T81b/2b (some images still to be added)
  • Tanganyika-Tanzania: old A11/13 renumbered A12/14; new A11 added
September 2016
August 2016
  • Abu Dhabi: L2 added
  • Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce: G6/7 added
  • Kuwait: L2 and L4 added (old L2 renumbered new L3, old L3 -> new L5)​; revised issue date for C1/10
  • Malta: E77, E85, F30, F42, F51, F58, F122, F131, F192, F204/5, F212, F227, F233, F255/7, F259, F261, F264, F279, F306, F311, F342, L25/28, N88, R2w, X1/145 added; new N57 added (old N57 renumbered N58)
  • Trinidad and Tobago: L11/16, S114/5, S118, S131a, S133, S139, S141/3, S147, S150, S220, S227, S234, Y24a, Z48 added; new images for Y43b and Y90
  • United Arab Emirates: R51 added
July 2016
  • Burma: A21, D1/4 and C150 added; new images for F21, F41/42, G11/12, I20, I91/95, S1, S12, S14 and S65
  • Jamaica: new images for direct embossed proofs in decimal currency (see below Z118d)
  • St Kitts-Nevis: F19ab and F47 added
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