I thought this first day cover didn’t exist, then this happened For over a decade I have been maintaining a comprehensive list of the known first day covers of Barbados, and... Read More
2023 starts by finding a missing Barbados First Day Cover Back in 2019, I wrote an article on the infamous Barbados Cricketers’ error and subsequent First Day Cover, which happened... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
New images added to the QEII FDC gallery This weekend I’ve finally found a little bit of time so faced with the choice of adding more stock for... Read More
Barbados cricketers FDC highlights a famous philatelic mistake Back in 1988, the Barbados Philatelic Bureau was set to release a series of five stamps celebrating famous Barbadian cricketers.... Read More
1939 Barbados First Day Cover solves a little historical mystery For many years I have been left wondering about a particular discrepancy in the Stanley Gibbons Windward Islands and Barbados... Read More
Unusual Stamp Fair find highlights a forgotten piece of Caribbean history At a recent stamp fair I was just about to leave when a dealers box caught my eye. Sitting on... Read More
1970’s First Day Covers with an amazing destination down under! I’m always happy to collect the First Day Covers of Barbados, not least of which because they have been very... Read More
A new twist on a Barbados Independence First Day Cover As this was the 50th Anniversary it occurred to me that it would be nice to see if there was... Read More
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... Read More