Barefoot Catalogue

The Barefoot catalogue is a series of catalogues composed mainly of revenue stamps, published by stamp dealer John Barefoot of York, England, through his firm J. Barefoot Ltd.[1]

The cover of the 2019 edition of British Commonwealth Revenues, featuring a Transvaal revenue stamp.

The catalogues are of an intermediate level of detail, and while they are not usually the only revenue catalogue ever published for a given country, their highly specialized or historic local works sometimes existing, low price, ready availability, and up-to-date nature of the Barefoot range has led them to become the de facto standard revenue catalogue for many countries.

In 2010, John Barefoot won the Research Medal of the Revenue Society for "...his many years of revenue research and ground-breaking publication of an enormous range of revenue catalogues which continue to act as the standard references for so many countries."[2]

Titles in print include:

"Albania & Greece Revenues", 2002, 1st edition, ISBN 0-906845-57-2

"Austria Revenues", 2019, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-906845-77-7

"Baltic States Revenues", 2014, 4th edition, ISBN 0-906845-74-2

"British Commonwealth Revenues", 2019,10th edition, ISBN 0-906845-76-9

"Czechoslovakia Revenues", 2001, 1st edition, ISBN 0-906845-59-9

"Hungary Revenues", 2007, 3rd edition, ISBN 0-906845-67-X

"Italy Revenues", 2013, 1st edition, ISBN 0-906845-73-4

"Poland Revenues", 2015, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-906845-75-0

"South East Asia Revenues", 1st edition, 2006, ISBN 0-906845-57-2

"Yugoslavia Revenues", 1st edition, 2003, ISBN 0-906845-63-7


Work is ongoing to produce new editions for the following titles previously sold out :

"Benelux Revenues", "Romania Revenues", "Russia Revenues", "Scandinavia Revenues", "Telegraph Stamps of the World", "United Kingdom Revenues".

Listings of 50+ smaller countries, including various French Colonies, are provided as free .pdf files on the official Barefoot web site for the use of collectors, and to invite new finds to be recorded.

Work is also ongoing for new titles, including

"Germany Revenues (Reich 1872-1945)", "Spanish Colonies Revenues".

References
  1. Miller, Rick. "Many revenue stamps show payment of taxes". Refresher Course. Linns Stamp News. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. "AGM, Annual Accounts, Auction, 13th November 2010" in The Revenue Journal, Volume XXI, Number 4, Whole Number 84, March 2011, p. 169.

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