Barbados Rum Shop Stamps have arrived Finally, after what seems like an age, I can now follow up my earlier article about the Barbados Rum Shop... Read More
It’s official – it’s Rum Time! Word has reached me that a set of stamps to be issued this year by the Barbados Philatelic Bureau will... Read More
Fact Check: When you turn 100 in Barbados you do NOT get featured on a postage stamp. There’s a dangerous urban myth starting to take hold online, mostly down to a misinformed post on Facebook, which has... Read More
New 70th Anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service stamps issued As I previously wrote in a blog earlier this month, the new 70th Anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service stamps... Read More
Exclusive first peek at the new 70th Anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service stamps As promised in my earlier post, here’s an advance preview of the new stamps about to be released by the... Read More
New 70th Anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service stamp release due imminently News from Bridgetown indicates that there will be a new stamp issue on 29th September 2025 to celebrate the 70th... Read More
Coming soon – not one, but two new stamp issues! It’s been a while since we last had a stamp issue from the Barbados Philatelic Bureau; in fact it was... Read More
New watermark variety found in mixed Barbados stamp lot They say that the last word in philately is never written, and my recent experience proves the point. I spotted... Read More
Barbados Maximum Cards are an unusual collectible Barbados Maximum Cards As regular readers of this blog will know, I’m attracted to most things philatelic when it comes... Read More
It really shouldn’t be this hard to get Barbados FDCs I’ve collected the First Day Covers (FDCs) of Barbados for over a decade now and, as you might expect, I... Read More
Why quality will never go out of fashion Like most collectors, I’m always on the lookout for the best quality items to add to the collection. Often, that... Read More
Rare Barbados covers and stamps appear at auction An opportunity has arisen for collectors to own some of the rarer items of Barbadian philately, in the upcoming David... Read More
