Blog of Cambodia (1898-2007) and Laos (1948-2007) Revenue Stamps. By Jos Sanders

Updated: January 12, 2026.

Laos 30 kip revenue stamps (x2) on a Vietnam passport page.

Visa for Laos on a Vietnam passport. Visa issued on Aug 29. 1958 in Saigon.

Two Laos General revenues stamps of 30 kip each are used to pay the visa fee. Rare document sold on Delcampe for about $30.

Updated: November 9, 2025

Error in Cambodia Revenue Stamp catalog.

On page 2 of the Cambodia revenue catalog, posted on this side, is a cigarette stamp listed.

Description: Rooster in circle, imperforate Number C1 value blue on blue $500.

Actually, this is a Thailand domestic cigarette stamp issued around 1953. The toplines read: we support health and education, the bottom lines read Tobacco Factory, Ministry of Finance.

In the circle is a mythical "WaYuPhak bird and the value right of the circle shows a value of 5 satang. This stamp should be removed from the Cambodia Revenue Catalog!

Cambodia Revenue Stamp Catalog Actual Thailand Cigarette Revenue

Cambodia and Laos independence of France, 1953.

Laos officially gained independence of France on October 22, 1953, soon followed by Cambodia in November 1953. Both Laos and Cambodia started to issue their own postage stamps while still under French influence in 1951. For the date of the first issue Revenue stamps, I am not sure.

Below are the pictures of the first revenue stamps as shown in the respective stamp catalogs.

Updated: November 2, 2025

I started to collect the Cambodia and Laos revenues some 5 years ago.

These revenues are rarely offered for sale, although when offered they are in general modest in price. As a new collector it is difficult to find good information on these revenues.

To put all the know information in 1 place, I decided to create a webpage and a Blog, which I plan to update frequently.

All collectors and readers, please give comments or contribute some pictures if you have interesting items. The webpage is temporarily hosted on my website www.thailandrevenues, but over time, if it does expand and when there is enough interest, it will get its own website.

Cambodia Revenue Stamp Catalog 1898-2007.

Laos Revenue Stamp Catalog 1848-2007

For help in identifying Laos and Cambodia revenues, I placed both catalogs on this website.

Both catalogs have also prices in USD$. This is only an indication of the rarely. Since many stamps are seldom or never offered for sale, the actual prices can vary. The catalogs are courtesy of the Society of Indo-China Philatelists (SICP).

To view the 14-page Cambodia catalog, click HERE.

To view the 19- page Laos Catalog, click HERE.

Cambodia Droit de Greffe stamps.

In 1863, the French pushed out the Siam influence over Cambodia and made it an official French protectorate. This lasted till 1953 when Cambodia officially became independent.

During most of the protectorate time, Indo-China revenue stamps were used, with only some exceptions.

The Cambodge Droit De Greffe stamps in French meaning Registry Fee or Clerk's fee, were issued in 1898 to be used as Court Fee stamps. Similar stamps were issued for Cochin China, the southern part of current Vietnam, including Saigon and the Mekong Delta. The 1 Piastre stamp above appears in 2 different shades. I am not sure if this is just a lighter ink printing or a separate print run.

Above used set of the Droit de Greffe does miss a 2 Piastre stamp, I never did see this stamp used and it was maybe never issued.

The set also exist imperforate. Note again the difference in shades on the 1 Piastre stamps.

The following Cambodia Droit de Greffe stamps, overprinted Quittances (Receipts in English) are not listed in the Cambodia revenue stamp catalog posted on my webpage. Since the word Cambodia is also obliterated by a bar, I assume that these stamps were used as provisionals in Indo-China.