John Barefoot

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John Barefoot
BornApril 1948 (age 73)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of York
Occupation Philatelist, stamp dealer
Known forCatalogues of revenue stamps

John Barefoot (born April 1948) is a British philatelist, stamp dealer, and publisher, best known for his catalogues of revenue stamps which are known collectively as the "Barefoot catalogue".

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Barefoot has collected stamps since he was a boy and first began to trade in them at the age of 14 to supplement his personal collection. He now trades as a stamp dealer in York, England, specialising in European stamps. Apart from his catalogues of revenue stamps he has also produced the European Philately series, a series of Forgery and Reprint Guides, and has edited the Journal of Chinese Philately.

In 1997, he was invited to sign the Maurice Williams Roll of Notable Cinderella Philatelists, and in 2010 he was awarded the Revenue Society's Research Medal for his work in the field of revenue philately.

Early life

John Barefoot was born in April 1948. A stamp collector from a young age, he first began to trade in stamps at the age of 14 to supplement his personal collection of French issues. [1] He received his advanced education at the University of York from where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in linguistics, after which he self-published The Language Question in Belgium in 1970. [2]

Career

Barefoot trades as a stamp dealer in York, England, specialising in European stamps. [3] Scott Tiffney, librarian at the American Philatelic Research Library, has described Barefoot as a "notable stamp dealer", and observed that his catalogues began to appear as revenue philately began to enjoy a renaissance in the 1970s. [4]

Barefoot has produced three series of publications:

British Commonwealth Revenues, 10th edition, 2019. British Commonwealth Revenues 10th edition 2019.jpg
British Commonwealth Revenues, 10th edition, 2019.

Barefoot was also the editor of the Journal of Chinese Philately . [15]

In 2012 and 2013 a discussion took place in the pages of The Revenue Journal about the interface between postage stamp catalogues and revenue stamp catalogues in which the policies of the Stanley Gibbons (postage) and Barefoot (revenue) catalogues were compared and comment received from both, with John Barefoot observing that many of the most highly priced stamps in Gibbons' catalogues were used primarily or wholly for revenue (fiscal) purposes. [16] In a guest editorial for The Revenue Journal in 2015, he extolled the benefits of revenue philately over collecting postage stamps, describing revenues as coming with a "fat-free guarantee, virtually free of exploitative commemoratives and made-for-collector issues." [17]

Awards

In 1997, Barefoot was invited to sign the Maurice Williams Roll of Notable Cinderella Philatelists. [18] In 2010, he was awarded the Revenue Society's Research Medal 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." [19]

Selected publications

All published by John Barefoot in York, England, unless otherwise shown.

European Philately series

1918 stamp of Latvia, printed on the back of a map, the subject of No. 12 in the European Philately series. StampLatvia1918Michel2.jpg
1918 stamp of Latvia, printed on the back of a map, the subject of No. 12 in the European Philately series.

Forgery and Reprint Guides

Titles in the series: [21]

Barefoot catalogue

First edition of British Commonwealth Revenues, 1980. British Commonwealth Revenues by John Barefoot and Andrew Hall.jpg
First edition of British Commonwealth Revenues, 1980.

Other

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References

  1. ↑ Barefoot, John. (2013) Telegraph Stamps of the World. York: John Barefoot. Cover notes. ISBN 0-906845-70-X.
  2. ↑ The Language Question in Belgium. British Library. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Standholders at BPE 1986", Gibbons Stamp Monthly , Vol. 60, No. 5 (October 1986), p. 5.
  4. ↑ Resource of the Month – Barefoot Revenue Catalogs. Scott Tiffney, Philatelic Literature & Research, 6 March 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "J. Barefoot (Investments} Ltd. European Philately &c.", G.E.B., The London Philatelist, Vol. 93 (1984), p. 30.
  6. ↑ Barefoot, John. (1983) Great Britain. York: Barefoot. Cover. ISBN 0906845238
  7. ↑ What is a revenue stamp? allaboutstamps.co.uk 2 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Stamps, Revenue (105). Eire Philatelic Association, 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. ↑ British Commonwealth revenues / by J. Barefoot & A. Hall. British Library. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Revenue Review", Clive Akerman, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 73, No. 9 (February 2000), pp. 99-102 (p. 102).
  11. ↑ "British Commonwealth Revenues 6th Edn.", G.C.A., The London Philatelist, Vol. 109, p. 242.
  12. ↑ "Revenue Review, Booklets, Books and Matters Miscellaneous", Clive Akerman, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 74, No. 4 (September 2000), pp. 83-85 (p. 83).
  13. ↑ British Commonwealth Revenues J.Barefoot Ltd, 8th Edition 2008. Dingle Smith, FIP Revenue Commission. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  14. ↑ British Commonwealth. The Revenue Society, 29 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Journal of Chinese Philately", Ian McQueen, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 81, No. 9 (February 2008), pp. 110-111.
  16. ↑ "Acceptability", The Revenue Journal, Vol. XXIII, No. 3 (December 2012), pp. 99-100.
  17. ↑ "Guest Editorial - The Bigger Picture", John Barefoot, The Revenue Journal, Vol. XXVI, No. 2 (September 2015), Whole Number 102, pp. 29-30.
  18. ↑ "The Maurice Williams Roll of Notable Cinderella Philatelists", The Cinderella Philatelist , Vol. 54, No. 4 (Whole No. 216) (October 2014), p. 169.
  19. ↑ "AGM, Annual Accounts, Auction, 13th November 2010" in The Revenue Journal , Vol. XXI, No. 4 (March 2011), Whole No. 84, p. 169.
  20. 1 2 "Books", Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 57, No. 9 (February 1984), pp. 74-75.
  21. ↑ Fakes, Forgeries, and Counterfeits A library subject guide. American Philatelic Research Library, 2016.
  22. ↑ Review: Yugoslavia Revenues, Ashley Lawrence, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Vol. 77, No. 8 (January 2004), p. 74.
  23. ↑ South East Asia Revenues. Ivo Spanjersberg, Korea Stamp Society, 8 February 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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