Postage Dues

The very last Barbados Postage Due stamps were taken off sale in the General Post Office in Barbados in 2010 and there are no plans to issue any more.  I know this as I actually got the last two sets from the Philatelic Bureau when I was there in August 2010 and the very lovely Angela went downstairs to the general counters to see if she could rustle up any more sets for me!

Postage Due Covers

Finding covers with Barbados Postage Due stamps affixed can be quite a challenge. The stamps were first issued in 1934 and earlier covers are generally quite easy to find as several dealers have them in stock, the problem, however, is that they are quite expensive. Prices for these covers typically range from £125 up to £1,500, with many of them selling for around £500. Building a collection, therefore, is quite a challenge.

Ironically, possibly harder to find and yet not priced as highly, are covers bearing Postage Due stamps from the 1970s onwards, especially those bearing any of the final postage Due stamps issued from 1976 onwards. Any cover with these postage dues on (D14-D19) is hard to acquire and unsurprisingly, in ten years of looking, I only have three.

This part of the gallery is an area where I can illustrate different Barbados Postage Due covers from any era and the following will be added to as and when new covers arrive.

Barbados incoming underpaid cover from Canada with Geo VI 3c and 4c values, tied by Toronto machine cancel dated 6th August 1950. Sent to Windsor Hotel, Barbados, with Air Mail G.P.O Barbados cancel over postage due stamps dated 11th August 1950. Charged 2d Postage Due comprising 2 x 1d (SGD2)
Barbados incoming underpaid cover from Canada with Geo VI 3c and 4c values, tied by Toronto machine cancel dated 6th August 1950. Sent to Windsor Hotel, Barbados, with Air Mail G.P.O Barbados cancel over postage due stamps dated 11th August 1950. Charged 2d Postage Due comprising 2 x 1d (SGD2)
Barbados incoming underpaid cover from Australia with solo 2/- value , tied by Melbourne machine cancel dated 6th September 1956. Sent to Messrs W.S.Monroe & Co Ltd, Bridgetown, Barbados, with indistinct Barbados cancel over postage due stams. Taxed mark shows deficiency to pay of 36c, made up of a block of four 6c Postage Due 4 x 6d (SGD6)
Barbados incoming underpaid cover from Australia with solo 2/- value , tied by Melbourne machine cancel dated 6th September 1956. Sent to Messrs W.S.Monroe & Co Ltd, Bridgetown, Barbados, with indistinct Barbados cancel over postage due stams. Taxed mark shows deficiency to pay of 36c, made up of a block of four 6c Postage Due 4 x 6d (SGD6)
Barbados incoming underpaid cover sent from Guernsey 1st October 1975 to ℅ address, Southern Palms Beach Club , with GPO cancel over postage due stamps 21st October 1975. Postage Dues are 2 x 2c (SGD12) and 2 x 1c (SGD7)
Barbados incoming underpaid cover sent from Guernsey 1st October 1975 to ℅ address, Southern Palms Beach Club , with GPO cancel over postage due stamps 21st October 1975. Postage Dues are 2 x 2c (SGD12) and 2 x 1c (SGD7)
Barbados local unstamped cover sent to Messrs Carrington & Sealey, Lucas St, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. cancel over postage due stamps 6th June 1977. Charged 16c Postage Due comprising 1 x 1c (SGD14), 1 x 5c (SGD16) and 1 x 10c (SGD17)
Barbados local unstamped cover sent to Messrs Carrington & Sealey, Lucas St, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. cancel over postage due stamps 6th June 1977. Charged 16c Postage Due comprising 1 x 1c (SGD14), 1 x 5c (SGD16) and 1 x 10c (SGD17)
Barbados incoming unstamped airmail cover sent to Diesel Sales & Repairs Ltd, White Park Road, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. 1 cancel over postage due stamps 19th May 1982. Charged 70c Postage Due comprising 2 x 10c (SGD17) and 2 x 25c (SGD18), both in pairs. Cover forwarded to Nassau, Bahamas
Barbados incoming unstamped airmail cover sent to Diesel Sales & Repairs Ltd, White Park Road, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. 1 cancel over postage due stamps 19th May 1982. Charged 70c Postage Due comprising 2 x 10c (SGD17) and 2 x 25c (SGD18), both in pairs. Cover forwarded to Nassau, Bahamas
Barbados incoming underpaid airmail cover sent from Port of Spain Trinidad, 24th January 1985 Meter Mark, to Bailey & Gittens, Broad St, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. cancel over postage due stamps 1st February 1985. Tax mark for 20g letter calculated at 40c. Postage Dues are 4 x 10c (SGD17).
Barbados incoming underpaid airmail cover sent from Port of Spain Trinidad, 24th January 1985 Meter Mark, to Bailey & Gittens, Broad St, Bridgetown, with R.L.O. cancel over postage due stamps 1st February 1985. Tax mark for 20g letter calculated at 40c. Postage Dues are 4 x 10c (SGD17).