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Home / Posts tagged “Postal History”

Tag: Postal History

Barbados underpaid airmail cover to England, with GB postage dues stamps applied

Underpaid Barbados mail is a great puzzle to solve

I’ve always had a soft spot for underpaid mail, with a particular attraction to Postage Due stamps. It always seems... Read More

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

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 to Adis Ababa airmail cover

Barbados to Addis Ababa airmail cover from 1956

It’s not every day that you find a cover from Barbados to an unusual destination but this one really ticks... Read More

Barbados cover from 1966

Simple but interesting Barbados cover from 1966

New covers have been a bit thin on the ground recently, however, this one caught my eye. Posted in Barbados... Read More

Barbados 1927 Cover to St Paul, Minnesota, USA

An ordinary cover with a tale to tell

It never fails to astonish me just how much you can get from a simple cover. It took a while... Read More

Barbados Registered Letter 1943

Barbados Registered Cover from 1943

I saw this cover recently looking for a home so thought that it might sit well in my collection. Sent... Read More

Barbados Cover 1893

Is this the most unusual FDC ever?

Back in 1893 things were getting tough for stamps on Barbados. Despite an overprint in 1892 of ½d on the... Read More

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