Ever wondered if your Barbados stamp is a forgery?
Every now and again a stamp appears, sometimes on an auction site, sometimes in a collection but wherever it raises…
The Gardens of Barbados Stamps – new issue from Barbados
Released on 18th December 2014 but only now finding their way to my collection are this lovely set entitled The Gardens…
The beauty of the Barbados Britannia’s
This beauty was a recent acquisition at auction and oddly it was misidentified. Advertised as being 'orange' (and you can…
I just had to find a home for these monsters!
Collecting Barbados stamps is not just all about the old and the rare items, it's about anything that the island…
George VI commemoratives on first day cover….at last!
It's only taken three years of looking but finally my patience has paid off. I have been looking for a…
Barbados 1949 Air Letter form
Barbados issued just four Air Letter forms, or Aerogrammes from the very first in 1944 until the reign of Queen…
Barbados Registered Cover from 1943
I saw this cover recently looking for a home so thought that it might sit well in my collection. Sent…
Second new issue of stamps from Barbados in a month!
In an astonishing development yesterday's mail saw the arrival of the latest issue of stamps from Barbados celebrating the 50th…
Barbados 1947 First Day Cover
The Barbados 'Badge of the Colony' set was issued between early January 1938 and April 1947 and collecting each of…
Barbados Coronation FDC from 1937
OK so this is not hugely rare as First Day covers go but it's clean, neat and typed which always…