Barbados

UPU member as British Colony from 1 September 1881.

class	H&G	year	value	size	description	specimen type	notes
formular card	FOR3	1881	½d + 1d		formular card with added adhesives	BAR1	2
post card	4	1886	1½d		QV head	D{2}
	8	1893	½d		arms	D{2}
	9	1893	1d		arms	D{2}
	10	1892	1d + 1d		arms	D{2a}
	11	1914	½d		KGV	D{4}
	12	1914	1d		KGV	D{4}
	13	1937	½d		seal	D{9}
	14	1941	1d		seal	D{9}
regist env	C5a	1885	2d	G	QV head	D{2}
	C10	1902	2d	F	arms	D{4rb}
	C11b	1914	2d	H2	KGV arms	D{4r}
	C12	1923	2½d	F	KGV arms	D{4r}
	C12a	1924	2½d	G	KGV arms	D{4r}
	C13a	1923	3d	H	KGV arms	D{4r}
	C13b	1923	3d	H2	KGV arms	D{4r}
	C14	1938	3d	G	seal	D{9a}
wrapper	E4	1902	½d		arms	D{4}
	E5	1916	½d		chariot	D{4}
	–	1937	½d		seal	D{8a}	3
	E6	1942	1d		seal	D{15}

type	image	dimensions	application	note
BAR1		16½ × 2	handstamped horiz on stamp in blue-black
D{2}		89–90 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4}		91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4r}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse
D{8a}		56½ × 7½	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{9}		41 × 3½	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9a}	as above	41 × 3½	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{15}		42 × 4	rubber h/s diag BL to TR in violet	4

1	All items listed, except the 1881 formular card, were printed by De La Rue.
2	International Bureau Circular No. 137/9025 dated 21 September 1881 describes the distribution for Barbados as 'un spécimen de la carte postale et la collection des timbres postes'. The 'post card' is the locally printed formular card with Britannia wmk CC perf 14 ½d and 1d adhesives afixed, each handstamped SPECIMEN type BAR1 in blue-black.
3	Not listed by Higgins & Gage.
4	This type also seen on Br Honduras KGVI wrapper – almost certainly applied by De La Rue following the bombing of their Bunhill Row works in late December 1940.

Compiled by Charles Freeland.

Last updated 6 September 2008