Hypothetical Worldwide Catalogue Of Revenue Stamps

When collecting revenue stamps, acquiring decent reference material can be quite a challenge. Catalogues which cover one country or groups of countries (such as Barefoot's United Kingdom Revenues, British Commonwealth Revenues, Benelux Revenues etc) exist, but these are sometimes hard to find especially if they are out of print.

Until the early 20th century, there were catalogues of worldwide revenues, most notably Forbin, whose latest edition from 1915 is luckily freely available online:
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Hypothetically, would it be possible to produce an up-to-date catalogue of worldwide revenues? This could either be a traditional printed catalogue, maybe something along the lines of Stanley Gibbons' Stamps of the World for postage stamps, or something online like Stampworld.

The challenge is obviously the sheer scale - there are many thousands of revenue stamps out there, and it is difficult to obtain information about certain countries - but do you think such a catalogue would ever actually be possible?

Check out the Revenue Society and "Revenue Reverend".

Of course it is possible, but probable, not any time soon.
Just be careful what you wish for.
How much enjoyment is found by securing scarce or hard to find information by private Philatelists study?

The current transfer rate of data, is the ENTIRE series of the "Game of Thrones" can be transferred in 1 second.

Do we want everything done for us , chapter and verse?
In doing so, we remove all of the mystery and challenge of the hobby.

The Internet Archive (link removed above) has for years taken website content without asking or with permission. I had no heartburn for the Stamp Smarter site since part of the objective of the site is to freely spread philatelic information to others for the advancement of our hobby. But it is easy to understand how commercial websites would not feel as benevolent.

More disturbing is the recent behavior of the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive also maintains a larger digital library of over 4 million books of which about 2.5 million are in the public domain. The balance are copyrighted books that they purchased 'or were donated' and are made available through an online lending system similar to that of a public library. Typically you add your name on a waiting list and they let you know when you can 'check out' a book.
But when COVID began to impact public libraries, The Internet Archive they announced that they were suspending its waitlists for 1.4 million digitized books so that copies could be checked out by an unlimited number of borrowers at the same time. They called this a "National Emergency Library".

This was done without asking and without authors or publishers permission. A number of publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and others including The Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers were outraged at this "willful mass copyright infringement." Lawsuits were filed and The Internet Archive responded by closing down its "National Emergency Library", I assume they knew they has significant legal exposure. The primary lawsuit here in the US is still pending as of late July.

Note that this is not a case of a private person photocopying a single book that they purchased. This was copyright infringement on a commercial level and in my opinion demonstrates a continuation of a trend of illegal behavior.
Don