Should this cover be under Postal Stationery or First Day Covers? As with any collection, occasionally you get an item that could comfortably fit in a number of collecting areas. In... Read More
An unusual way to get a postally used low value stamp on FDC It’s always a challenge. How can you get a postally used First Day Cover when the stamp value is below... Read More
New Barbados stamp issue showcases more Chattel Houses The latest issue from Barbados Stamps was released on 16th July 2019 and is a follow up to the set... Read More
New images added to the QEII FDC gallery This weekend I’ve finally found a little bit of time so faced with the choice of adding more stock for... Read More
Barbados cricketers FDC highlights a famous philatelic mistake Back in 1988, the Barbados Philatelic Bureau was set to release a series of five stamps celebrating famous Barbadian cricketers.... Read More
1939 Barbados First Day Cover solves a little historical mystery For many years I have been left wondering about a particular discrepancy in the Stanley Gibbons Windward Islands and Barbados... Read More
Barbados Landships new stamp issue August 2016 Just arrived this week are the latest set of stamps from Barbados, this time showing the Landships in Barbados. For... Read More
George VI commemoratives on first day cover….at last! It’s only taken three years of looking but finally my patience has paid off. I have been looking for a... Read More
Second new issue of stamps from Barbados in a month! In an astonishing development yesterday’s mail saw the arrival of the latest issue of stamps from Barbados celebrating the 50th... Read More
Barbados 1947 First Day Cover The Barbados ‘Badge of the Colony’ set was issued between early January 1938 and April 1947 and collecting each of... Read More
New 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal stamps from Barbados This week we have received the latest stamp issue from Barbados, featuring the 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal. The... Read More
New Issue to commemorate the 375th Anniversary of Parliament in Barbados On 26th June 2014 the Philatelic Bureau in Barbados issued a new set of stamps to commemorate the 375th Anniversary... Read More