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Category: Barbados First Day Covers

Barbados Tercentenary of General Assembly First Day Cover 1939

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

British West Indies Federation Barbados First Day Cover - Barbados

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

Barbados Definitive issue 1970 First Day Cover

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

Barbados 50th Anniversary of Independence double dated First Day Cover

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

Barbados George VI First Day Cover 1950 - low values

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

Barbados SG252c on First Day Cover

Barbados 1947 First Day Cover

The Barbados ‘Badge of the Colony’ set was issued between early January 1938 and April 1947 and collecting each of... Read More

Barbados Coronation FDC 14th may 1937

Barbados Coronation FDC from 1937

OK so this is not hugely rare as First Day covers go but it’s clean, neat and typed which always... Read More

Barbados Cover 1893

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

Barbados FDC

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... Read More

Barbados Stamp Centenary FDC

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... Read More

Barbados Flowers 2002

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... Read More

Barbados 1955 AIr Mail

Why so much postage on this 1955 cover?

Recently we picked this beauty up from eBay and at first glance, you might think ‘you’re mad, look at the... Read More

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