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Barbados 1981 - Surcharged Bird definitives and 55c new issue on plain FDC 1st September 1981

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

Barbados Cricketers FDC 1988 - 50c value only issued 11th July 1988

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

Barbados 1994 Ships Definitives - High Values

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

Barbados 1953 FDC 4 x 1c on plain cover to Grenada

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

Barbados 1998 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir Grantley Adams FDC

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

Barbados 1968 International Year for Human Rights FDC - illustrated cover

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 1988

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

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

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