John Barefoot
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". 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. 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. Career. Barefoot trades as a stamp dealer in York, England, specialising in European stamps. 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. Barefoot has produced three series of publications: Barefoot was also the editor of the "Journal of Chinese Philately". 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. 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." Awards. In 1997, Barefoot was invited to sign the Maurice Williams Roll of Notable  Cinderella Philatelists. 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." Selected publications. All published by John Barefoot in York, England, unless otherwise shown. Forgery and Reprint Guides. Titles in the series: