This 5- frame exhibit was shown at the 30th Asian International Stamp Exhibition in Bangkok in August 2016. Richard Blakeney achieved a vermeil medal with 80 points. This was the first time ever that an exhibit, consisting out of only Thai Tobacco and Beverage stamps was shown. Not a lot was known in 2016 and Richard Blakeney pioneered research on these stamps resulting in 3 lengthy chapters in the 2019 Thailand Revenue handbook. To see the exhibit. click on the file below

This is a reproduction of an article written by Jos Sanders and Rory Morrisey in The Thai Times published in August 2021, page 38-39. All copyright belongs to the original author. To read this reference, please click on the link below. This is an article on Postal stamps. The Trengganu Overprints of 1944.

Many of the stamps and documents shown in the posts below can also be found in My Collection, top of the homepage, chapter Entertainment/ Thailand Entertainment duty, first issue May 18, 1939 . Printed by the Royal Thai Army Survey Department. Exists in imperforate and rouletted in lines. The 1 and 5 baht values with Arabic numerals were added in 1944 during world war 2. A 3 satang yellow also exists, but only 2 copies are recorded. These stamps range from very rare to scarce

Collection of 29 documents with Spanish Philippines stamps used in 1899 when the Philippine Islands were already taken over by the US. Very rare set of documents, sold on eBay on January 4, 2026 by Momen Stamps. Prices realized between $30 - $170. To see the file click on the link below.

Even before the 1860 introduction of revenue stamps in the Philippines, official documents had to be written on official paper. This paper had either embossments or revenue stamps printed on them. Different applications required different papers. In later years, additional stamps had to be added in addition to the already printed stamps on the paper. Douglas K. Lehman calls it Documentary Stamped Papers; they are also called Revenue Stamped Papers. An excellent 25- page catal

The Douglas K. Lehmann (1939-2014) is a 1 frame, 16-page exhibit on the early Judicial issues of the Philippines. The exhibit is posted on Nigel Gooding's website www.nigelgooding.com and can be viewed by clicking on the PDF file below.

Updated: April 23, 2026. For the descriptions in this update, I follow the J. Barefoot 2006, South East Asia Revenues Catalog Pages 11 - 15 for Cambodia and pages 162 -164 for Laos. The power of Artificial Intelligence, AI, to translate old revenue documents, by Wolfgang Morscheck, Bad Sackingen. Although the Indochina document shown below does not really belong in a Laos and Cambodia blog. I show it to activate collectors to try to use AI to translate old documents, often

This catalog, edition 2, is compiled and updated by several members of the Society of Indo-China Philatelists (SICP). Its 14 pages lists all currently known Cambodia revenues, however new discoveries are still made frequently. If one of the users of this catalog has any stamps not yet listed, please contact via the "register/ ask a question form" listed below. This catalog is free to access and use, however if you plan any commercial uses, please contact the SICP  first. To

This catalog, edition 2, based on Duston's Laos catalog, is compiled and updated by several members of the Society of Indo-China Philatelists (SICP). Its 19 pages lists all currently known Laos revenues, however new discoveries are still made frequently. If one of the users of this catalog has any stamps not yet listed, please contact via the "register/ ask a question form" listed below. This catalog is free to access and use, however if you plan any commercial uses, please

Because the Warren Catalog is in black and white, it is quite difficult to identify the stamps. The Nigel Gooding collection which is posted on his website Spanish-Philippines Philatelic Site has all the stamps identified by the Warren catalog number. This makes it easier to identify any stamp with the correct Warren catalog number. His nearly complete collection can be viewed by clicking HERE.

The Warren Philippines Revenue Stamp catalog was originally published in sections in the American Philatelist, starting in 1967. The complete compiled catalog is published in the International Philippine Philatelic Society, IPPS. The catalog can be viewed by clicking HERE.

Blog Update March 7, 2026. Spanish Philippines Derechos de Firma, Fees for official signatures 1864-1867. Spanish Philippines Derechos de Firma, Fees for official signatures on Telegram receipt from Manilla to Boston USA. dated 29 January 1881. Spanish Philippines telegram receipt 1882. Telegram to Singapore from the Philippine city of Cavite. Three Derechos de Firma revenue stamps plus 3 postal stamps were used as telegraph stamps. Revenue stamps were used for telegraph and

This Volume 10 was never finished, due to the passing away of Richard Blakeney in 2019. I just post the chapter which was a work in...

In the attachment is a copy of Richard Blakeney's Thailand revenue stamp exhibit. It achieved Large Siver, 75 points at the Bangkok 2013...

The late Richard Blakeney (19??- 2019) was born in the USA.  After his retirement around 1990, Richard moved permanently to Thailand, and...

Posted is the Handbook Volume 9 Edition 1, dated 2018. By Richard Blakeney Click  on the PDF file on the bottom of this page to open the...

Money Order and other Mail Markings, Volume 5, Edition 4, Date 2018. By Richard Blakeney. To read the book, click on the PDF file below.

Thai Railroad Post Offices, Volume 3, Edition 3, Date 2012. To read the book, click at the PDF file below.

Registered Mail Markings, Volume 4B, Edition 3, Date 2012. By Richard Blakeney. To open this book, click the PDF on the bottom of this page.

Registered mail markings Volume 4A, Third edition, Date 2012. By Richard Blakeney. To read the book, click at the PDF file below.