Super postmark from the remotest part of Barbados! Whilst I was on the island recently I decided to test the Barbados International postal system to see just how... Read More
Barbados Pre Paid postcards will be a dating nightmare for future generations! One of the joys of collecting old postal stationary and postmarks is the fun of finding postmarks that simply don’t... Read More
What makes a common stamp a real rarity? Sometimes, the commonest stamp can be the rarest item imaginable if there is something unusual about it. Take this stamp... Read More
Stunning Barbados 1948 Silver Wedding blocks of four with first day cancels I’m always on the lookout for something unusual and these seemed to fit the bill. Purchased from the stock of... Read More
Rare use of Barbados Queen Victoria high value stamp, but is it a fake? Back in 1892, 5/- was a lot of money. In incredibly large amount in fact and on that basis it... Read More
Not every Barbados postmark is yet recorded It’s nice to find an obscure and unrecorded postmark every now and again and this is no exception. Far from... Read More
Collecting Barbados postmarks has become a nice distraction When I first started to collect Barbados stamps the initial idea was to simply get one of every stamp from... Read More
