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How many underpaid covers like this exist?

Once in a while we come across something interesting and whilst browsing eBay recently this cover appeared; This particular cover…

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New 7 Wonders of Barbados stamps are released

Barbados Postal Service has released a new set of stamps on 21st February 2014 commemorating The Seven Wonders of Barbados.…

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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…

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Is this an FDC or not?

This little item was acquired recently from an online auction and at first glance, it appears to be a legitimate…

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New SG5a imperforate block added to the collection

We're very happy this week to take delivery into the collection of a lovely imperforate block of SG5a. What was…

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Censored Barbados cover from World War II

A recent addition to the collection is this little cover which was looking for a good home; The interesting part…

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Rare on cover usage of 1987 definitives

This week we were fortunate enough to pick up a couple of covers from eBay which turned out to be…

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Another cover for the Geo VI collection

This week we've been quite lucky in acquiring a number of duplicate covers, some of which will end up on…

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New FDC’s added to the collection

As part of this project we are trying to get a good copy of every FDC issued in Barbados going…

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Some stamps are just soooo hard to find!

When you collect a country for long enough you tend to find that most stamps will be relatively easy to…

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Barbados Places of Worship stamps released

The latest set of stamps from Barbados has now been released and they are a set of four entitled 'Places…

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Barbados Stamps in the news!

Well if you've ever wondered about this website, why it was set up and what we do then wonder no…

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