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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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