What's new archive

Entries from the What's new? section are periodically removed from the Home page and archived here. Newer entries can be found on the Home page.

December 2020

New listing published for St Vincent

Burma / Myanmar: newly added D21/22, D31/33, P5, P136, S11a, S14a, X22, X27/29, X35, X42/43 (old X42 renumbered X44), X52, X54, X57, X62, X76; I27 and S38 deleted; new images for B6, B11, C61, F12, H1/2, Q12, Q21, S51/3, S58, S64

Burma / Myanmar stamp paper: Z70, Z159/60 added; new image for ZJ16; new colour images for Z17, Z81

October 2020

Mauritius: A1 added

September 2020

New listing published for St Lucia
Zanzibar: Z11 added
The Revenue Society's 19th Postal Auction catalogue is now available here

August 2020

New listings published for British Solomon Islands and Fiji
South Africa: new B5 and B98 added, old B98 renumbered B98a

June 2020

British Virgin Islands: R41/46 added

May 2020

New listing published for British Guiana / Guyana
Antigua: R61, R64, R74, R78 added
Bahamas: R125 added
British Honduras / Belize: F185/186, F202/203, F207, F283, F749, F760, S4 added
Dominica: F48b, F49b, F147 added
Montserrat: L1/2, F30, F40, F43, F66 added
Palestine: M3, R32, R33/a, R36/37, R53 added
St Kitts-Nevis: R105/6 added; new image for R42

April 2020

Eritrea (Ethiopian and Independent): A31a, A32a, A41, A51, A61, #80a, #85a, #92 added; old A41/42 renumbered A52/53
Qatar: R70/71, S149, T31 added

February 2020

Bahrain: R28, Z63, Z72 added
East Africa & Uganda / KUT: R33 added
Somalia (ITT and Independent): new #181 added; old #171 renumbered #191, old #178 -> new #198, old #181 -> #201

January 2020

Bahamas: S1 added
Cayman Islands: R41 added
Jamaica: J77 added
Libya: British Occupation: new M6, M32/33, S3/4 and T7, Z31, Z41/43 added; old T7/9 renumbered T8/10
Couldn't help noticing: listings updated for Algeria and Jordan

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

New listing published for South Africa (Union / Republic)
Bahamas: Z4 and Z7/9 added

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

Great Britain and Ireland Excise: E503 and E509 added
The Revenue Society's 18th Postal Auction catalogue is now available here - please contact me to request scans or for further information on any lot

October 2018

Tanganyika / Tanzania: S96 added
Zanzibar: R178/9 and R181 added

September 2018

Great Britain and Ireland Excise: E92 added

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

Bahamas: R75, R82, R86, R111, R113, R203, Z6 added
Cayman Islands: F16, F82, F285 added
Dominica: F95 added
Grenada: F50, F901/2 added
Leeward Islands: R6 added
Oman: R2 new image and printing details added
South West Africa / Namibia: C31a added

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

Great Britain and Ireland Excise: E506/7, E525, E527, E534, E536, E901/2, E906, E909/10 and E921 added
The Revenue Society's 17th Postal Auction catalogue is now available here

December 2017

Jamaica: old Y65/68 renumbered Y64/67, new Y30b and Y68 added, new illustration for Y65
Jamaica supplementary information: range of recorded usage extended for Y30b, Y50a, Y65, Y66, Y67

November 2017

Burma: new C140 added

September 2017

New listings published for Brunei, Labuan and North Borneo / Sabah
Cayman Islands: the QE2 revenue issues have been restructured with new R23 added and the following renumbered - old R21/23 renumbered R31/33, old R25 -> new R34, old R33 -> R33a, R34 -> R24a, R35 -> R34a
Trinidad and Tobago: Y26a added
Zanzibar: R93a added
Also this month I produced the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 22nd Room Auction - click here for a link to the catalogue

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

Burma: C40 added

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

New listing published for Grenada
South Africa - Entertainments (Natal): E1B added
Trinidad and Tobago: F12a, Y7a, Z3 added

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

New listing published for Great Britain and Ireland Excise
St Kitts-Nevis: direct embossed proofs added (see above Z14)
Tanganyika: direct embossed proofs added (see above Z1/2)
Trinidad & Tobago: direct embossed proof added (see above Z11)
Uganda: direct embossed proofs added (see below Z1/11)
Zanzibar: direct embossed proofs added

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

June 2016

New listings published for British Honduras / Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Leeward Islands and St Kitts-Nevis
Antigua: A2 added
Bahrain: R82 added
Oman: A2 added

May 2016

I will be busy this month processing sales from the Revenue Society's 15th Postal Auction
Click here for a link to the catalogue
Click here for prices realised
Click here for a list of unsold lots / second chances available at reserve
Please contact me if you would like further details

April 2016

Bahrain: R83/84, T18 added
Jamaica: J73/76 added
Kenya: new image for H16; C2/8, C10/12, G46/48, H199, H244, H246/247, H251, H253, H262/263, H272, H427, R31b, R34b, R76 added; old C5 renumbered C9, old H244 -> new H245, H245/247-> H248/250, H248->H252, H262/269->H264/271, H270/272 -> H273/275, H427/431->H428/432, R39/a->R39a/b
Oman: R54 added
South West Africa / Namibia : E55a, F2, F30, F69, N42, R107a, R109a, S7, T21c added; R241a, R245a, R246a, R249a, Z6 deleted; many new images and printing details for E46/50 added
Syria: R515b, R516b added
Tanganyika-Tanzania: S34a, S37a, S38a added
Uganda: R281 deleted; R282 watermark description corrected

March 2016

Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 15th Postal Auction
This year's auction is particularly strong in British Empire, Middle East and GB
Click here for a link to the catalogue (click here for bid form)

February 2016

Dominica: F72/82 added
South West Africa / Namibia : significant additions and some listings renumbered
Cigarette and Tobacco Tax: C4/a, C11, C13, C22, C34a added; C11/a renumbered C12/a, old C12/a -> new C14/a, C21->C23
Entertainment Tax: E11, E13, E14, E41/2, E47/8, E52, E54, E56, E70, E93, E98, E103, E109, E111 added; E46/47 renumbered E45/46
Impressed revenue: Z3 added; Z2 renumbered Z4
Monthly Pass Fee: M4 and M6 added; old M4 renumbered M5, old M5 -> new M7
Native Revenue: N1/3, N11, N22, N23, N29 and N31/33 added; N2/12 renumbered N12/22, old N13/14 -> new N24/25, N16/18->N26/28, N21->new N41
Revenue: R108a, R143b, R153a, R188, R195 added; R196/7 renumbered R193/4
Revenue usage of dual-purpose Postage and Revenue stamps: F29, F88 added
Savings: S1/4 and S6 added; old S1 renumbered S5
Tribal Tax: T1j, T10f, T11d, T11j, T12d, T12e, T12i, T13f, T13i, T13j, T13ja, T13k, T14h, T14j, T14k, T15c, T15d, T15k, T16f, T16h, T16j, T17i, T19k, T20c, T20e, T20f, T20h, T21e, T26h, T31c, T31f, T31h, T32l, T33f, T33i, T34j, T35c, T35i, T35k, T36l, T38c, T39f, T40l, T52j, T61j, T71d, T73e, T73h, T74k added; T11h renumbered T10h, old T12/15 -> T13/16; T21k->T20k; T23/5->T27/9; T33/9->T34/40; T63->T73; T64->T75

December 2015

Jamaica: Z9 added
New listing published for South West Africa / Namibia

October 2015

Dominica: R2a, F31/32, F51a/b, F53b, F54, F58, F60, F83 and F89 added
South Africa - Entertainments (Cape): old E6/13 renumbered E7/14; new E6, E9, E15, E22 added
South Africa - Entertainments (Natal): new E53, E81, E86/8, E107, E123, E142 added plus new illustrations and details of the 1923 essays; old #1ff renumbered E1ff, old #123/129 renumbered E124/130, old #142/145 -> new E143/146; E56a deleted

September 2015

New listings published for Antigua, Bahamas, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands

July 2015

Notes on Algerian and Tunisian revenues added to Couldn't help noticing... section

May 2015

New Couldn't help noticing... section added, with notes on GB Foreign Office and Jordan Consular

April 2015

Bahrain: R44a, R85, Z40 added
Kuwait: R71, R73 added
Oman: A1, R84 and R87 added; new R13 added; old R13 renumbered R13b
Saudi Arabia: RCE2a added
United Arab Emirates: new R34 added; old R34/40 renumbered R35/41

March 2015

Malta: new W25 added; old W25 renumbered W25a
Oman: R83 and R86 added
Seychelles: P6 added

January 2015

Federated Malay States: J44, J54, J60, J68/9, J81/3, J87/91 added; new printing details for Judicial and Revenue issues

December 2014

Bahrain: R86 added
New listing published for Dubai
Jamaica: J14a added
Kenya: G43, G45, R36a, R38, R39a, R77, R86 added; new images and information for H7 and H9
Syria (Alaouites / Alexandretta): X309 added; new image for X101

Trinidad and Tobago: O2 added; new image for Y82
Yemen (Northern): new images and information for S11/16

November 2014

Kuwait: R74 added
Palestine: H31a added
Trinidad and Tobago: N1 added

October 2014

New listing published for Federated Malay States; Asia section re-structured
Burma stamp paper: Z291 added
Mauritius: I12b added
Palestine: R15, R18, R22, Z11c, Z13b, Z15a, Z19b, Z22b added; old R15 renumbered R15a, R18/19 -> R19/20, Z11a -> Z10a
South Africa - Entertainments (Natal): #133 added
Trinidad and Tobago: S215, Y49a added

September 2014

Jamaica: Z4 added
South Africa - Entertainments (Cape): E7 added; #1/5 renumbered E2/6, #6/7 -> E9/10, #8 -> E1, #9/11 -> E11/13, #21/41 -> E21/41; #2a and #6a deleted
Uganda: R181 added

July 2014

British East Africa: R86 added
Jamaica: S3/4 added; new printing details for Judicial and Social Security issues
Kenya: R29 added
Syria - new additions: A55, A64, A77, H56, H64, H66, H71, H81, I6/7, I9, J213, J222/3, J259, J264, J281, K163, K165/7, K177/8, L141, L143, L152, L164, L175/7, M42, M46, N61a, Q111, R459, R461, R480, R687, R703, R713, R715, R721/7, X100 and X116 (Alaouites), X303 (Alexandretta); new images for R458 and R684/5; old J263 renumbered J268, J259 -> J260, K160 -> K162, K161 -> K161, K165/6 -> K163a/164, L152/5 -> L144/6, L168/175 -> L152/7, L192/6 -> L165/8, R713 -> R723, R715 -> R727; R688, R704a, R705a, R706a, R711a deleted
Syria (Syndicates and Charities): new SD1, SG14, SP26/28, ST43, TC10 added; old SD1/9 renumbered SD2/10
Trinidad and Tobago: S268 and S272 added
Uganda: Z30, Z38, Z41 added
Zanzibar: F230/2, F260b/c, F270, F317, F319/20, F399/429 added; #1/160 renumbered R1/R160; R224/R463 renumbered F224/F463

June 2014

British East Africa: new R64 added; old R64/66 renumbered R65/67
Kenya: A10, A32a, A34/5, J24, Z30 added; new H269 added; old H269/271 renumbered H270/272, old J24 -> new J26
Libya (Kingdom federal issues): #4 added
Trucial States: old C2/17 renumbered C12/27; new C1/2, C11, C18, C22 added
Yemen (Southern / PDR): X1/2 added

April 2014

Saudi Arabia chapter re-written
Syria - new additions: C111, C199, C201, C205/6, C209, G301, H21a, I31, J202a/b, J203b, J251, M121, N209a, N423, P201, P223a, P226a, R505, R508a, R509a, R511b, R514b, R519b, R520, R522; old C111 renumbered C111a, old C201 -> C200, H28 -> H28b, P201 -> P202, P208 -> P208a, P209 -> P208, P228 -> P228a, R505/6 -> R506/a, R520 -> R520a, R522 -> R522b
Syria (Syndicates and Charities): SD17, SG6, SG8a, SG16, SG18, SK25, SM3a, SM4, SM9/10, ST6, ST31 added

February 2014

Aden: R9 added
Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce: S1 added
Jamaica: Y42c added
Malta: N36, N61 added; old N61/66 renumbered N71/76
Trinidad and Tobago: Y52b added; new illustrations for Y81 and Y86

January 2014

New listing published for Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaica: Y4a added; supplementary info page: new ERD for 3rd issue 2s G and 5s K, new LRD for 3rd issue 15s D and £2 G
Oman: new illustration below R11/16 of previously unrecorded and possibly unissued type

December 2013

New listing published for Dominica
Kuwait: R32 added; new earliest recorded usage for R61/65
Malta: P18 added
Palestine: L6 added

November 2013

Jamaica: B4 added

October 2013

Aden: C6 added
Bahrain: R2a, R5, T12 added; new images for R45/46 and Z51
Burma: P2, P19, P39/40, P66, P69/70, P85, P92, P103/8, P120, P124, P143, P152, P164 added; new images for F1, F3, F5
Burma stamp paper: Z237/282 added; new image for Z41
Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce: F1/4 added; old F1 renumbered F11
Kuwait: L1/3, R65 added
Mauritius: B71, I31, I58, I76, S71, S161, S204d added; old I31 renumbered I31a
Mauritius supplementary information: AA31, AA41, AA51, AC5, AD1, AD6, AD71/75, AD81, AD86, AD91 plus many new Bill of Exchange images added; old AC11/19 resequenced, old AA5 renumbered AD5, old AD1 -> new AD2
Oman: R13a added
Palestine: C65a, C71/76, H63a, O83c, O85a, R42, Z13c added; old C71/89 renumbered C81/99, old R41a -> new R42a
Qatar: I1 added
Seychelles: B32, R14a, S105 added
Seychelles supplentary information: AC62 plus some new Bill of Exchange images added
Syria: C110, N54, P50, P205, P215, X132 (Alaouites) added; old P205/208 renumbered P206/209, old P215/7 -> new P216/8
Yemen (Southern / People's Democratic Republic): L2 added

September 2013

Aden: R6 and R10 added
Burma: A12, C141/149, F41/42, G11/12, I91/95, Q41/47, R1a, S84, S101, S109/115, S121/9 added; new images for C1, F23, J103 and S6; old S80/86 renumbered as new S85/95, old S90/96 -> new S102/108, old S105 -> new S116
Burma stamp paper: Z158, Z194 added

July 2013

Tanganyika-Tanzania: R60a, R65/66 added

June 2013

Malta: E24/25, E28/29, E37, E71, F47a, F49, F78, F92, F138, F180/5, F193, F198/9, F202, F206, F209, F217, F220b, F222, F223, K40, R1c, R2c, R3c, R4a, R4c added; old E24/25 renumbered new E26/27, old E26 -> new E30
Mauritius: I11a, I50, I72a, S196, S297, Z56, Z63 added; old Z56/61 renumbered Z57/62, old Z62/3 -> new Z64/5; several footnotes amended to reflect newly uncovered printing details
Palestine supplementary information page published
Seychelles: S123 added
Syria: N408 added
Uganda: R101 and Z40 added
Yemen (Southern / People 's De mocratic R e public): R32 and R66/68 added; old R32/38 renumbered R33/39

May 2013

New listing published for Palestine
Kenya: new ERD for Z36
Tanganyika-Tanzania: new images added for K11/12

April 2013

Middle East chapter restructured to incorporate Arab Gulf States, Libya and Yemen
New listing published for Aden
Bahrain: R1a, R3a, R4a added (old R4a renumbered R4b)
Kuwait: R72 and X32 added (old R65 renumbered R75)
Libya (British Occupation): CR137, CR140/1, B2/12 added
Libya (Kingdom regional issues): T84, T113, T117, T121 added (old T117/9 renumbered T118/20); M14 added (old M13 renumbered M15)
Libya (Republic and People's Republic): M32 and M44 added
Syria: G206 added (old G206/7 renumbered G207/8); Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) X307 and X310 added
Syria (Syndicates and Charities ): SE16 added
Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): A10, C20, C22a, C41/2, J1/5, J7, R11/12, R24, S11/13, S15 added; old J1 renumbered J6, old R11/12 -> R11a/12a, old R11a -> R11b, old R26 -> R24a, old S13 -> S14); new dates of issue and printing details for A1/2, C11/22, J1/7, R11/12, R24/a
Yemen (Southern / People's Democratic Republic): SA3/27 and SY1/25 added

March 2013

Kuwait: R51 added
Qatar: new printing data and revised dates of issue for R51/4 and R72/8; new T1 added (old T1/2 renumbered T2/3)
United Arab Emirates: new R31 added (old R31/9 renumbered R32/40) SE16

February 2013

A major (and long overdue) update for the Syria chapter:

Syria main page - new additions: C230, H28, I11, J248/9, L103/4, M10/11, N51, N71, N200, P78, P208, P220 (old P220 renumbered P219), R463 (old R463/4 -> new R464/5); new images for R406 and R456; P52 deleted - see new footnote below P51/78 about the recently discovered Palestine Tax overprint forgeries

Syria (Syndicates and Charities) - new additions: SD1 (old SD1/4 renumbered new SD2/5), SD6 (old SD6 -> new SD7), SD8/9, SG1, SK13/24, SK35, SK45/56, SK64/85, SM2, SM6 (old SM6 -> SM5), SM14/15, SN1/11, SN14, SN17, SN42/77, SP14, SP25, SQ1/2, SQ11/46, SR11, ST24; SM1 deleted; old SI4/5 renumbered SC4/5, SK3->SK12, SK6/7->SK33/34, SK11->SK58, SL11->SK44, SN41->SQ11

January 2013

Uganda: S56, T4/5, T7/9 and T11 added

December 2012

Kuwait: R29 and R52 added; old R32 renumbered R28
Mauritius: Z42 added
Oman: new R1/4 and R58 added (old #1/36 renumbered R11/57, old #37/48 become R59/78)
Qatar: new dates of issue for R51/4, R61/4, T32/3
Seychelles: R23 added
United Arab Emirates: P11/22, R3a, R24, R32 added (old R24/9 renumbered R25/30, old R32/8 become R33/9)
Yemen (Northern / Kingdom / YAR): C14 and R11a added

November 2012

Working on new chapters for Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis and St Lucia

October 2012

Jamaica: new images for J41 and J53 added
Malta: P9a added
Syria: P77, R404, R414b/c added, plus new images for R401 and R409
Yemen (Southern / PDR): R55 added

September 2012

Abu Dhabi: #1/13 renumbered R1/13; #31 renumbered L1
Bahrain: A11, L4/5 and T16a added; many images upgraded
East Africa and Uganda / KUT: R15 and R157 added
Kuwait: L11/12 added
Libya (Kingdom regional issues): M13 added
Libya (Republic and People's Republic): R106a, R111 and R125 added
Mauritius: I71a and I74a added, plus several new images added to the supplementary information page
Oman: #30, #41 and #42 added
Seychelles: R12a added
Syria: E10, H31, J257, K104, K155, K160, L152, M14, M45, M100, P52, R413, R478, R620 and X115 added, plus new images for N74 and R452; old J254/5 renumbered J258/9, old M14 -> new M13, old P52/5 -> new P53/6, old R478 -> new R479
United Arab Emirates: M6 and R36 added; old #1/35 renumbered R1/35; old #36/7 renumbered R37/8

August 2012

New Indian Ocean listings published for Maldive Islands, Mauritius and Seychelles (Mauritius Z3 and Z81/88 subsequently added)
Jamaica: J28 and image for J54 added; supplementary info page: new LRD for Group 3 6d H, Group 4 2s AS and Group 5 £5 U, new ERD for Group 5 3s L
Malta: E16 added
Yemen (Southern / PDR): P1, P5 and P11 added
A number of revisions in the East Africa chapter, with improved footnotes for many sections incorporating new information from the Crown Agents archive:-
British East Africa: S16, S30, S92 and S99 added
East Africa and Uganda / KUT: R84, R86, R158 and R162 added
Kenya: A1a, A9, C1, C5, H2/18, H20, R52/3, R55, R58/9, Z31, Z36, Z41/2, Z46/7 added; old A16/17 renumbered A7/8, old H101 now H19
Tanganyika-Tanzania: A10, K12, R54, R58w, R96/7, R101, R106, S91/a, Z11 and Z16 added; old K12/13 renumbered K13/14, old Z11 now Z26; National Savings (Weka Akiba) and Ushuru labels newly footnoted
Uganda: A1, G1/10, S90 added (old A1 renumbered A11)
Zanzibar A11 added; printing details added for 121/2

June 2012

Burma: I85/6, N41, R21, R25, S90 added
Burma stamp paper: Z212, Z232/5 added
Malta: P15 added
Oman: #1, #4 and #6 added (old #1 becomes #3, old #3/6 become #7/10)
Syria: G156, J234, M6, N160, N415, Q101, R419 and X125, X141, X151/2 (Alaouites) added; three new overprints on Arms adhesives added to Syria (Key) page
Tanganyika-Tanzania: A27 added
Uganda: Z3 added (old Z3/4 become Z6/7, old Z5->Z11, old Z6->Z21)
Zanzibar: #151, #153/5, #157/160, R224, R260d added; mixed-case overprint newly reported on India QV adhesives

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
Oman #14 and #15 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

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

New listing for Euro-Arab Chambers of Commerce published
New additions: British East Africa J17; Cape Entertainments #47; Jamaica J87/89, J101/2, J105/9, new image for J119; Kenya J33; Uganda R105a and S91 (old S1 and S6 renumbered as S60 and S75); Zanzibar #20, #24 (old #21/22 become #23 and #25), R240

December 2011

_New additions: Burma P121, P140, Z9a, Z110a/c; Jamaica F76, F89 (old F103 deleted), S9, T1/2 (old T1 and T2 become T6 and T3 respectively), T7; Malta F81b, F121, F189, N81, N91, W7; Syria L55, R464
New images for Burma Q17, Z32, Z113
Malta Workmen's Compensation section rewritten, with catalogue numbers changed as follows: old W2 -> new W4, W3->W6, W4->W2, W6->W8, W7->W9, W8->W3, W24->W25, W25->W26, W26->W24, W26a->W27

November 2011

New page for Syria (Syndicates and Charities), some Syrian issues rescheduled and renumbered: B51/124 -> TB51/124, D1/41 -> SN1/41, E1/6 -> SD1/6, T4/29 -> ST4/29
Additions to Syria main page: C54, E11, F25, G355, J202, J251/5 (old J255 becomes J285), J288, L51, M101, P226 (old P226 becomes P227), P228, R462, R602
Additions to Syria (Syndicates and Charities) page: SD11/15, SG8, SI4/5, SK3/11, SN1, SN5, SN7/8, SN15/16, ST34, ST40
New illustrated key to the different types of Syria

October 2011

Burma: new images added for E5, T16 and T26; new listings for S81a and S105
East Africa & Uganda / KUT R78, R82/3 added; Uganda R81 added
Syria listing extended to cover all issues since Independence
Malta: National Insurance N1, N3, N32 added (old N32/4 renumbered N33/50; Ration coupons K21/28, K32 and K36 added (old K1/18 renumbered K41/58 plus K26 -> K27, K31 -> K33, K32 -> K31, K33 -> K34, K34 -> K37, K36 -> K38)

September 2011

Full listings for Malta and Trucial States published
New additions: Syria C405/7, C411/2 (old J204/5 renumbered C409 and C413), C503 (old C502/8 renumbered C505/11), H105, L101/10, N205, N207 (old N203/4 renumbered N209/210), P200, P205, P214, P220, P226, P230, R502, R513, R519, R521, R525, S306

August 2011

Full listing published for revenues of Syria, covering Coat of Arms types only
New additions: Jamaica Z84c
Dates of usage extended for Jamaica Z82f, Z96a, Z98b

July 2011

Full listings for Bahrain and Qatar published
New additions: Bahrain A1, L1/12, S125/7, T1/17, Z1/52; Burma stamp paper Z9, Z76 ; Qatar R13, R21, R26, T11, T13; Uganda R13; Yemen (Southern / PDR) L1, R2/4, R6, R8, R10/11, R13/17, R19 (old 1ff renumbered R1ff, old 21ff renumbered R31ff)
Burma I19 deleted
Introductory note in the Burma section about watermark orientation on the Chinthe key type issues
New earliest recorded usage date for Jamaica 4th issue 2s AS

June 2011

Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy finishing off the Revenue Society's 11th Postal Auction
Some unsold items are still available at reserve - click here for the original catalogue listing and here for unsolds

May 2011

New additions: Burma P198/200 and Q6 (old Q6 becomes Q9); Jamaica J32/4, J103, Z2/118d; Kuwait #21, C11/13 added (old C1/7 renumbered as C14/20); Libya (Kingdom regional issues) P1/2 plus new image for C47; Libya (Kingdom federal issues) Z72/3 and Z82 (#76/8 renumbered as Z74/81) plus new image for #56; Libya (Republic and People's Republic) #100a/b; Oman G1/2; Somalia (ITT and Independent) L1 and P11; Tanzania A27; Uganda R12 and R206/7; Yemen (Northern) R34; Zanzibar R461
New earliest recorded usage dates for Jamaica 3rd issue 6d J and 4th issue 1s AC

March / April 2011

Sorry - no work at all done on this website - I was busy producing the catalogue for the Revenue Society's 11th Postal Auction
Highlights of the auction include GB, Burma, East Africa, Germany, Iraq, Malaya, Pakistan and Bahawalpur
Click here to browse the catalogue

February 2011

Jamaica supplementary page published
Uganda Z6 colour corrected to vermilion
New additions: Burma S80; Burma stamp paper Z11 (old Z11 becomes Z10); Kenya Z1/20 (entire set renumbered)

January 2011

Jamaica listing published
There are quite a few new additions this month, some of which have required sections to be renumbered - for details see the country-by-country breakdown which follows
Arab Gulf States - Yemen (Northern) new Y22 added (old Y22 becomes Y23); old Y11 and Y16 now re-designated as R61/62
Burma additions: C105 (old C105 becomes C106), P20, P154, S91 (rest of set renumbered), Z195; images newly added for I38, S60, T14, T23, T25, T46, T49, ZJ31
East Africa additions: Kenya R87/9, R106, R110; Tanganyika R107; plus notes on British East Africa Impressed, Kenya Registration of Domestic Servants and Uganda Luwalo
Former Italian Colonies - Libya additions: Kingdom regional issues image added for C45; Kingdom federal issues #1 (old #1 becomes #3) and #61a, plus images for #23 and #31; Republic / People's Republic #105/7, 109/10, 113, with renumberings as follows: 103->108, 104->110a, 106->112, 107->114, 111->116

December 2010

Working on a new chapter for Jamaica
New additions: Kenya X11/22; Burma A1/17 (renumbered), C115 (rest of set renumbered), H11; Oman 35

November 2010

Burma listing published
Some improved illustrations for Southern Yemen
Orange Free State section rewritten and renumbered
New additions: Kenya Z1ff; KUT R154; Kuwait C1 and C5; Libya C111a; Natal #56a, #67, #102, #129 and #142 (renumbered); Transvaal #5

October 2010

Zanzibar listing published
Many additions to the KUT pages

September 2010

East Africa / KUT section published

August 2010

Working on a new chapter for East Africa
Some additions to Somalia

June 2010

South Africa Entertainments Duty listing published

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