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Is this a Barbados booklet stamp on cover?

One of the more difficult items to find seem to be uses of the Booklet stamps of Barbados on cover.…

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Stunning cancel on this Barbados Britannia stamp from 1852

It's not often I find something this fine but take a look at this beauty;   This fabulous stamp arrived…

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New watermark discovery in Barbados 1920 Victory series

It seems strange that there should be a new discovery in a stamp issued almost 100 years ago but each…

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Barbados instructional markings are a challenge to collect

Finding good examples of instructional markings on Barbados covers is quite a challenge for a number of reasons. In the…

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New Definitive stamp issue from Barbados January 2016 – The Builders of Barbados

Barbados Postal Service issued a new series of stamps on 18th January 2106 entitled 'The Builders of Barbados'. This brand…

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Stunning George V high value added to the collection

High value stamps from any era can be hard to obtain, even more so in great condition. Which is why…

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Two small star watermark Barbados Britannia’s added to the collection

One of the pleasures of collecting stamps is the feeling of satisfaction when you finally manage to fill an elusive…

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Commercially use UPU stamps on Barbados covers

These two covers arrived in the collecting a while ago and I thought that it would be nice to show…

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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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