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Simple but interesting Barbados cover from 1966

New covers have been a bit thin on the ground recently, however, this one caught my eye. Posted in Barbados…

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Not every Barbados postmark is yet recorded

It's nice to find an obscure and unrecorded postmark every now and again and this is no exception. Far from…

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Collecting Barbados postmarks has become a nice distraction

When I first started to collect Barbados stamps the initial idea was to simply get one of every stamp from…

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Barbados SG64 is hard to find this well centred

The Barbados 5/- stamp from 1873 is both a key and iconic stamp for any Barbados collection. Whether you are…

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New Barbados First Flight Covers section added to the website

We've created a new section on the website for First Flight covers as these two turned up in a recent…

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Barbados stamps new issue June 2015 – Windmills of Barbados

New in this week are the latest issue from the Barbados Philatelic Bureau. The new set of stamps is a…

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Fabulous Barbados 1893 Crowned Circle cover with original contents!

This week I was extraordinarily lucky to find another of the 1893 covers which have the Crowned Circle handstamp on…

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Image gallery updated with latest Barbados stamps

It's been a while coming but a couple of days off has prompted me to try and finally update the…

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Barbados Britannia Block SG21

Every now and again we go mad and having saved up a bit, try to add something special to the…

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Simple but elegant George V high value

Exactly as it says on the tin this is one of the simple and elegant stamps that made up the…

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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…

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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…

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