Underpaid Barbados mail is a great puzzle to solve I’ve always had a soft spot for underpaid mail, with a particular attraction to Postage Due stamps. It always seems... Read More
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... Read More
Not all covers have to be old to be interesting Often you hear that modern covers are not as interesting as the old ones and as such people shun them.... Read More
Barbados 1901 cover to a really unusual destination! There are quite a number of covers from Barbados that turn up in dealers boxes and in online auctions and... Read More
Barbados to Norway printed rate cover from 1897 I’m always on the lookout for interesting covers to and from the island so when I saw this one recently... Read More
Barbados to Addis Ababa airmail cover from 1956 It’s not every day that you find a cover from Barbados to an unusual destination but this one really ticks... Read More
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... Read More
An ordinary cover with a tale to tell It never fails to astonish me just how much you can get from a simple cover. It took a while... Read More
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... Read More
Is this the most unusual FDC ever? Back in 1893 things were getting tough for stamps on Barbados. Despite an overprint in 1892 of ½d on the... Read More