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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?
January 2020
December 2019
  • Libya: British Occupation: new B1, B5, C11, C13, M31, S1/2, T7a added; B1/3 renumbered B2/4, B6/9 renumbered B7/10
  • Libya (Kingdom regional issues): T64, T74a, T97, T102/4, T122/3 added; old T97/100 renumbered T98/101, old T104 -> new T105
  • Libya (Kingdom federal issues): #4, #5, #18, #73, #75 added; old #4 renumbered #4a; #61a deleted
  • ​Libya (Republic and People's Republic): A3, C174/6, M73, R101/6, R126/7, R133/4, R136, R141, R147, R152/6, R164, R166/7, R178, R193, R196, R202/a/b, R203/a, R205/7, R223 added; old R100a/b renumbered R107/8, old R101/5 -> new R113/8, R106 -> R121, R106a -> R131, R107/10 -> R122/5, R110a -> R135, R111/4 -> R143/6, R116 -> R157, R121/2 -> R162/3, R123 -> R165, R124/5 -> R168/9, R131/3 -> R173/6, R141/7 -> R181/7, R151/2 -> R191/2, R153 -> R202c, R154 -> R195, R155 -> R196a, R161/3 -> R215/7; R131a deleted
October 2019
  • New listing published for Malaya (Japanese and Thai Occupation)
  • Cayman Islands: R16/18, F4, F49, F109, F147, F156, F158, F174, F177/8, F230, F419, F452 added, F921/981 deleted
  • North Borneo / Sabah: R72, R74/76 added
  • Syria: old C199 renumbered C198, old J251/268 -> new J261/278, old M20 -> new M21, old M21/23 -> new M26/28, old R713/5 -> new R714/6; new C111b, C114, C199, C268/a, H72, I32, J204b, J205b, J247, J250/252, K103, L178/9, M7, M12, M20, M29, N210a, N409, N425, N431/2, P209, R510b, R526, R713 added
September 2019
  • New listing published for Barbados
  • ​South Africa (Union / Republic): old B81a renumbered B90, old B82/88 -> new B91/97, old B89/90 -> new B88/89, old B91/92 -> new B99/100; new B33, B68a, B82/6, B98 added
August 2019
July 2019
  • Antigua: Z8, Z11/13 added
  • British Honduras / Belize: A1a, F93, F121, F126/127, F129, F131, F145/146, F151, F155/158, F160 added
  • GB and Ireland Excise: E532, E535, E538, E540 added; old E535 renumbered E536, old E536 -> new E537, old E537 -> new E539
  • Jamaica: Y53c, Y66a added
  • Leeward Islands: new image added for F15
  • St Kitts-Nevis: A21/22, R54, R111b, R111c added
  • ​Zanzibar - renumbered: old A1 -> new A2, R26 -> R38, R35 -> R35a, R36 -> R39; added: A1, A7, F227, F252, F271/72, F290/3, F300, F305/8, F313/4, F344, F352, F359, F361, F366/369, F374/384, F405, F460, F462, F468, R21, R31a, R35/7, R180
May 2019
  • Jamaica: S23 added
  • The Revenue Society's 18th Postal Auction has now closed - the catalogue is available here with realisations here and a list of unsold lots / second chance offers here - please contact me with any queries
April 2019
  • Just received my copy of the new British Commonwealth Revenues catalogue by John Barefoot - it's a major upgrade on the 2012 edition with massive improvements in a number of chapters, especially Pakistan and Palestine - also many new stamps added with illustrations - congratulations John!
  • Zanzibar: R171 added
March 2019
October 2018
September 2018
June 2018
  • Mauritius: new I3, I4a, I16a, I18a, I19a, I50, Z11, Z44/47, Z72, Z75, Z82 added; I11a, I12a deleted; old I3/4 renumbered I4/5, old I12b -> new I12a, old I50 -> new I49
  • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): C4/5, C9/10, C21a, C46, R6, S40, X1/3 added; old X1/8 renumbered Z1/8
  • Yemen (Southern / PDR): P12, R31a, R34a, R37a, R50, R52, R56, SA6/7, SA17, SY19 added; new L2 and L5 added (old C1 renumbered L1, old L1/2 -> new L3/4); new image for P1
May 2018
April 2018
  • Antigua: R501/502 added
  • British Virgin Islands: new R21, R23/4, R31/32, F157 added; old R21 renumbered R22 and new imprint dates added; old R23/4 renumbered R25/6
  • ​Cayman Islands: F19a, F25, F38, F184, F192, F358, R22 added
  • Jamaica: S1 image added; Z1 added
  • ​Montserrat: F901/2 added
  • ​St Kitts-Nevis: A16, Z15, R111a, F901/2 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
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