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Barbados registered cover to J.J.Marshall in Cornwall dated 31st January 1947, with blocks of six each of the 1½d and 3d Victory stamps

Unusual Barbados Registered Victory cover from 1947 to J.J. Marshall in Cornwall

Back in the 1940’s stamp and cover collecting was a hugely popular pastime. Cover collectors, like J.J.Marshall, would regularly create... Read More

Clifford Moss Registered Barbados Cover (front)

Would you collect this tatty Barbados cover?

It really is in quite a sorry state. Creased down the middle from a filing fold and with the wax... Read More

Barbados Cover 20th December 1856

Superb new resource for early Barbados Covers

Since its inception, I’ve tried to make the website the best resource it can be for collectors of Barbados Stamps,... Read More

Barbados Air Mail cover with Registration Branch cancel

Ordinary Barbados cover holds an extra ordinary story

This cover was recently offered for sale on a well known online auction website, and as soon as I saw... Read More

Barbados SG1163

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

Cover from Barbados to San Francisco in 1935 paying 1/3½d rate.

How did this cover from Barbados to San Francisco in 1935 pay the correct rate?

One of the challenges of collecting postal history is trying to figure out the rates and routes that a cover... Read More

Barbados Registered letter to Belgium 1985

Modern Barbados Registered letters are not as common as you might think

Quite often, I see Registered letters from all over the world just sitting unloved in Dealers boxes at Stamp Fairs.... Read More

Barbados newspaper fragment from 1896 with crowned circle cancel

What was commonplace in 1896 but a rarity now?

Sometimes, we take what we have in front of us for granted. Take for example, the post that comes through... Read More

Mis-sent to Barbados instructional marking

Modern Barbados “mis-sent to Barbados” instructional marking on cover sent from U.K. To Thailand 

I was contacted recently through the website contact form by a gentleman in Thailand who had received a Christmas card... Read More

Barbados Crowned Circle Cover 1893

Barbados Stampless cover from 1893 is another mystery

As you know, we like philatelic mysteries and this cover is just one of those. It seems quite straightforward in... Read More

Barbados Stamp on Grenada Postcard with 6d rate stamp

What makes this 1950 Barbados postcard unusual??

As always, when looking for new items to add to the collection it helps if there is something of a... Read More

Barbados cover to Paris 1923

Barbados cover to France in 1923, from the French Consulate in Barbados

I’m hugely grateful to Luigi Wiechula who has sent me a scan of this wonderful cover which combined two of... Read More

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