Superb Barbados Parcel Post cancelled block added to the collection
Sometimes, there are items which, when they appear, shout at you to be added to the collection. Over the years…
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Patience is finally rewarded with some missing Barbados First Day Covers
It's been quite a challenge. I set out to collect all the FDC's from Barbados, working backwards from the present…
What will make a cover collectable 100 years from now?
I recently bought a very nice Barbados cover from a dealer. It was a Registered letter from around 1905 and…
How did this cover from Barbados to San Francisco in 1935 pay the correct rate?
One of the challenges of collecting postal history is trying to figure out the rates and routes that a cover…
An unusual way to get a postally used low value stamp on FDC
It's always a challenge. How can you get a postally used First Day Cover when the stamp value is below…
First Day Cover Galleries updated with over 100 new scans
It's been a while; seven years in fact, but I've finally found the block of time needed to scan, process…
Unusual Barbados Horse Racing cards from the 1960’s
Earlier this year, these cards came into my possession as part of an auction lot and I was quite surprised,…
Is this rare Barbados stamp a dangerous forgery?
Stamp forgeries have been around almost as long as stamps themselves and since 1840, collectors have been hard pressed to…
Incredible Barbados Specimen stamps discovery in the Bureau’s archives
Whilst on the island earlier this year I was fortunate enough to spend some time in the Philatelic Bureau. The…
Barbados Centenarian Stamps feature in Time Magazine supplement
It's always pleasing to see Barbados stamps featured in the mainstream media and so when we were approached a couple…
Super postmark from the remotest part of Barbados!
Whilst I was on the island recently I decided to test the Barbados International postal system to see just how…
Another wonderful warm welcome from the staff at Barbados Philatelic Bureau
As most of you who have read any of these posts will know by now, whenever I am on the…