Bjørn Kristian Wang, "The revenue stamps of Norway and related non-fiscal issues"

The Revenue Stamps of Norway and Related Non-Fiscal Issues by Bjørn Kristian Wang, and edited by Paul Nelson, presents this very interesting collecting area in a completely new light and with massive amounts of new information.

Wang, an American of Norwegian heritage, has a reputation for an extremely thorough approach to his studies. Together with invaluable contributions from Paul Nelson and Frederick & Alexander Brofos, plus those of more than 50 other people, Wang has produced an extremely useful catalog / handbook.

Every item is illustrated and fully described. The text is in English (with an English-Norwegian word list to aid our Norwegian friends). Very importantly, there is a catalog price guide (pages 1004-1061) that is extremely helpful. In total there are 1090 pages packed with information.

A draft version of this book received a Gold Medal at the literature competition associated with the Chicagopex Exhibition held in November of 2006. The CD version has taken Gold Medals at the APS Stampshow in 2007 in Portland, Filos 2007 in Oslo, and NAPEX 2008 in Washington, DC. It just received a Large Vermiel medal at the Nordia Show in late October in Stavanger Norway.

If you are a collector or dealer in Norwegian stamps you need to own this book. Very little has been written about the revenue stamps from Norway in the past. Every other reference book previously published add up to less than 200 pages. None were published in color, and with the exception of a couple small price lists the most recent reference work is from 1983. Nearly everyone will eventually run into some sort of revenue stamp. Make sure you have the reference material you need to determine what you have.