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In 2007: Nicholas Sarkozi, Jacob Zuma and Gordon Brown come to power; Benazir Bhutto

assassinated; U.S. and U.N. research shows global warming is caused by human activity.

At the RPSL: The Collectors' Club of New York present a display at the RPSL.

RPSL Presidents were Chris Harman and John Sacher CBE. Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

Membership 1609.

SRI LANKA EMERGENCY REVENUES

From t he collection of Richard Monteiro.

Member since 2009. Lives in Portugal.

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With rapidly dwindling stocks of Banknote Corp of America-printed revenue stamps, and no sign of

replacement stock contracted to Garsu Pasauls of Lithuania, Sri Lanka's government printer hastily

produced provisional RSOO and RlOOO values. These saw active duty from 20th May 2007 until the

eventual arrival of the Garsu Pasauls-printed revenues in November of the same year. Although one

million of each of the emergency revenues was printed, only a fraction were issued and even fewer

used. In fact, their short shelf life means their existence has largely been missed by collectors and

catalogue editors.