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Category: Barbados Postal History

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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

Barbados Registered Cover 2012

Not all covers have to be old to be interesting

Often you hear that modern covers are not as interesting as the old ones and as such people shun them.... Read More

Barbados cover to Prince Edward Island 1901

Barbados 1901 cover to a really unusual destination!

There are quite a number of covers from Barbados that turn up in dealers boxes and in online auctions and... Read More

Printed Matter rate to Stavanger, Norway from Barbados

Barbados to Norway printed rate cover from 1897

I’m always on the lookout for interesting covers to and from the island so when I saw this one recently... Read More

Barbados Stamps - Independence 1966 Commemoration Stamp Booklet

The perfect Barbados 50th Anniversary of Independence gift

Every now and again something comes my way which just has to find a home in the collection. This item... Read More

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