Revenue Reverend
  • Welcome
    • Indian Entertainments and Passenger Tax
  • Revenue Society Postal Auction No 23
  • Alphabetical list of territories
  • Africa (East)
    • British East Africa
    • East Africa & Uganda / KUT
    • Kenya
    • Somaliland Protectorate
    • Tanganyika / Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zanzibar
  • Africa (Southern)
    • BCA / Nyasaland / Malawi
    • Lesotho
    • Northern Rhodesia / Zambia
    • Rhodesia and Nyasaland
    • South Africa (Union / Republic)
    • South Africa - Entertainments
    • South West Africa / Namibia
    • Zululand
  • Asia
    • Brunei
    • Burma / Myanmar
    • Burma / Myanmar stamp paper
    • Labuan
    • Malaya (Straits Settlements)
    • Malaya (FMS)
    • Malaya (Kedah)
    • Malaya (Kelantan)
    • Malaya (Negri Sembilan)
    • Malaya (Pahang)
    • Malaya (Perak)
    • Malaya (Perlis)
    • Malaya (Selangor)
    • Malaya (Sungei Ujong)
    • Malaya (Trengganu)
    • Malaya (Japanese and Thai Occupation)
    • Maldive Islands
    • Mauritius
    • Mauritius supplementary information
    • North Borneo / Sabah
    • Seychelles
    • Seychelles supplementary information
    • Weihaiwei
  • Europe
    • Gibraltar
    • GB and Ireland Excise
    • Malta
  • Italian Colonies and former Colonies
    • Italian East Africa / Italian Colonies (General issues)
    • Eritrea
    • Ethiopia
    • Somalia
    • Libya (British Occupation)
  • Middle East
    • Abu Dhabi
    • Aden
    • Bahrain
    • Dubai
    • Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce
    • Kuwait
    • Libya (Kingdom regional issues)
    • Libya (Kingdom federal issues)
    • Libya (Republic and People's Republic)
    • Oman
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
    • Syria (Syndicates and Charities)
    • Syria (Key)
    • Trucial States
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR)
    • Yemen (Southern / PDR)
  • Pacific Islands
    • British Solomon Islands
    • Fiji
  • West Indies
    • Antigua
    • Bahamas
    • Barbados
    • British Guiana / Guyana
    • British Honduras / Belize
    • British Virgin Islands
    • Cayman Islands
    • Dominica
    • Grenada
    • Jamaica
    • Jamaica supplementary information
    • Leeward Islands
    • Montserrat
    • St Kitts-Nevis
    • St Lucia
    • St Vincent
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Couldn't help noticing...
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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 2025
  • Ethiopia: new M7 added
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
  • BCA / Nyasaland / Malawi: C52, C66, X41 added; old C52 renumbered C52a
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
  • St Kitts-Nevis: new R12a added
  • Zanzibar: F296 added
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
  • Unsold lots are now available from the Revenue Society's 22nd Postal Auction - follow this link for full details - limited time only
May 2024
  • ​New listings published for the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Trengganu
April 2024
  • British Guiana / Guyana: new N1/50 added
  • Malaya (FMS): J15, J43w, S10, S16, S20/21, S35/6, S36d, S38, S42 and S72 newly added, plus new images of J68/69
  • ​New listings published for the Malay states of Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong
March 2024
  • ​The Revenue Society's 22nd Postal Auction catalogue is now available here - please contact me to request scans or for further information on any lot
  • ​Ethiopia: new M31 added
  • South West Africa / Namibia: new T33h added
  • Yemen (Northern): new image of archive material below A1/2
  • Yemen (Southern): new images of archive material added to accompany listings for A1 and R6/27, and above L1/2
February 2024
  • British Virgin Islands: new R23a added
  • Burma / Myanmar stamp paper: image added for Z91
  • Oman: new R88, X1 added
  • Qatar: new X1 added
  • United Arab Emirates: new X1 added
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
  • South Africa (Union / Republic): new C8, C44, C58, P98, P121, P122a, P123a, P124a, P133a, P136a added
  • South Africa (Union / Republic): old C8/10 renumbered C9/11, old C44/46 -> new C46/48, old P98/99 -> P99/100, P121/2 -> P122/3, P123/4 -> P125/a, P125/6 -> P126/a, P128 -> P127a, P129 -> P128
November 2023
  • Antigua: new A6/8 and A12/13 added (old A1/2 renumbered A11 and A14)
  • Bahamas: A1 added
  • Barbados: A1/4, A11/14 added
  • British Guiana / Guyana: new A1 and A6 added (old A1 renumbered A11)
  • British Honduras / Belize: A3a, A4, A11 added (old A1/a renumbered A12/13, old A4 -> new A21)
  • British Virgin Islands: A6 and A11 added
  • Cayman Islands: A1 added
  • Dominica: A1, A6, A11 added
  • Ethiopia: new X35/36 added (old X31/36 renumbered X29/34)
  • Grenada: A1, A6, A11 added
  • Montserrat: A1 and A6 added
  • St Kitts-Nevis (and Anguilla): A11, A21/22, A31, A33, A101, A201, A211, A221 added; old A1 renumbered A32, old A2 -> new A34, A6->A41, A11->A61, A16/22->A51/53
  • St Lucia: A1/6 and A11 added
  • St Vincent: A2 and A11 added (old A1 renumbered A6)
September 2023
  • Ethiopia: new X87 added (old X87 renumbered X89)
  • Jamaica: J51 image added
  • Malta: P20 image added
  • British Central Africa / Nyasaland / Malawi: new C6 and F18 added; old C6/a renumbered C6a/b
August 2023
  • ​New listings published for British Central Africa / Nyasaland / Malawi and Rhodesia and Nyasaland
May 2023
  • British Guiana / Guyana: F999 renumbered F2635a
  • ​Ethiopia: new X42 and X86/87 added
  • Somaliland Protectorate: new C8 and C34 added
April 2023
  • New listing published for Malaya (Straits Settlements)
  • New listing published for Weihaiwei
  • ​​Newly revised listing published for Somalia
  • Oman: new R61 and R73 added
  • Qatar: new A1 added; new image and details for R1/2​
March 2023
  • ​New listing published for Ethiopia
  • ​The Revenue Society's 21st Postal Auction catalogue is now available here - please contact me to request scans or for further information on any lot
  • Newly updated edition of Indian Entertainment Tax and Passenger Fee published
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
  • Eritrea: R150 added
  • Northern Rhodesia / Zambia: old A4 renumbered A5; new A4, A6/7, A21/23, X1, X4, X7, X16, X19, L1, L11/16, L21, F54 added
  • New listings published for Gibraltar and Zululand
October 2022
  • Aden: C1, C4, C23, R11/13, S53, S55, S68, S83 added
  • Barbados: R54a, R62a, R63a added
September 2022
  • Bahrain: R61, R62, R73a added
August 2022
  • Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 26th Room and Postal Auction - the catalogue and bid form are here
July 2022
  • New book published online on Indian Entertainment Tax and Passenger Fee 
  • Major sale of revenue material launched - FOLLOW THIS LINK for full details
  • British Virgin Islands: R5/6 added
  • Libya (Kingdom regional issues): T58 added
June 2022
  • British Guiana / Guyana: new details and images added for Entertainment Duty and National Insurance
April 2022
  • Northern Rhodesia / Zambia: X12 and F55 added
March 2022
  • New listing published for Northern Rhodesia / Zambia
December 2021
  • Abu Dhabi: R10 added
  • Bahrain: R7b, R43a, R81 added; new images for R6/7
  • Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce: new G7, I1/2 and S3 added; old G7 renumbered G8, old I1/2 -> I11/12
  • Malta: N100 added
  • Oman: new A1/3, A11, A12, A21, A31, L1 added; old A1 renumbered A13,  old A2 -> new A22
  • ​United Arab Emirates: M3, R42, R52, R55 added
  • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): C47 added
  • Yemen (Southern / PDR): new R1 added; old R1/22 renumbered R6/27
November 2021
  • Libya (Republic and People's Republic): new R114, R132, R142, R147, R149 added; old R147 renumbered R148, old R196a -> new R206, old R203/a -> new R211/a, old R206 -> new R21; some new images added
  • South Africa (Union / Republic): new S12a added
August 2021
  • New listing published for Lesotho
  • Burma / Myanmar: D23/24, X77, X81 added
  • South Africa (Union / Republic): new P126 added; old P126/128 renumbered P127/129
  • South Africa - Entertainments (Natal): new E5A added; old E5A/B renumbered E6A/B
June 2021
  • South Africa: new X135, X185, X190 and X197 added; old X135 renumbered X135a
  • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): new Z1 added; old Z1/8 renumbered Y1/8
May 2021
  • Eritrea: new R120 added
April 2021
  • New listings published for Italian East Africa / Italian Colonies (General issues) and Eritrea (this replaces the old listings for British and Ethiopian occupations of Eritrea)
  • Antigua: R50 added
  • Dominica: F44 added
  • ​​South Africa: new X82 added
  • South West Africa / Namibia: new P30 added (old P30 renumbered P29)
  • Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / Yemen Arab Republic): new C6 added (old C6/7 renumbered C7/8)
March 2021
  • Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 20th Postal Auction - follow this link for the catalogue and a bid form
February 2021
  • ​Yemen (Southern / People's Democratic Republic): new L2, R48 and R57 added; old L2/5 renumbered L12/15; old R31a, R32, R34a, R36 and R37a renumbered R41/47
January 2021
  • British Honduras / Belize: F63, F83, F86, F106a, F124 added
  • South Africa (Union / Republic): C74, C98a, C104/6, C128, C134/6, C138 added; new C62 (old C61/62 renumbered C60/61)
  • Uganda: new R146 added, old R146/a renumbered R146a/b
  • New Couldn't Help Noticing article on Egypt Consular stamps since Feltus
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












 
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