Books for sale on the philately and postal history of Barbados.
![]() | BACON E.D. and NAPIER F.H. Barbados, with a history and description of the star watermarked papers of Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co. S.G. Philatelic Handbook (1896) xi + 119pp + 3 plates + publisher's ads, 1st ed., clean in original blue cloth. Damage to inside cover where tape removed. Detailed listing of the classic issues plus detailed notes on the Perkins Bacon paper. | £50.00 |
![]() | BAYLEY E.A. The stamps of Barbados - Vol. II Coles Printery, Barbados (2005) xii + 272 large pp. Ltd. ed. of 500. Two small National PS h/s's on title page otherwise fine. Detailed study of the QEII issues to 1978 plus listings of QEII postal stationery. Many colour illustrations. | £40.00 |
![]() | BACON Edward D. and NAPIER F.H. Barbados, with a history and description of the star watermarked papers of Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co. S.G. Philatelic Handbook (1896) xi + 119pp + 3 plates. 1st ed., ex public library with labels and h/s's in later library green cloth binding. Detailed listing of the classic issues plus detailed notes on the Perkins Bacon paper. | £15.00 |
![]() | BAYLEY H. The Post Office in Barbados. - A brief history containing special chapters on postage stamps and postmarks, and a foreward by the Colonial Postmaster of Barbados. Advocate Press, Barbados (1933) x + 73pp. 1st ed., two small Junior PS h/s's, rebound in cloth retaining card covers. | £16.00 |
![]() | 1970 (7-8 May) British Commonwealth featuring Leslie S. Wheeler Barbados. Stanley Gibbons Auctions 35pp + 19 plates | £12.00 |
![]() | 1962 (29 Nov) Burrus British Empire. - Fine Barbados, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Tobago and Turks Is. Robson Lowe Ltd 52pp + PR. Fine. | £15.00 |
![]() | BURROWS Peter C. British Empire Civil Censorship Devices. World War II. British West Indies and Falkland Islands. - Section 6 C.C.S.G. (2016) 250 large pp (approx.) Revised ed., new in spiral ring binding. Chapters on each island illustrating all known handstamps and censor labels. A revision of Chris Miller's book. | £19.00 |
![]() | DAVIS John G.M. War Tax Stamps of the British Empire First World War. - British West Indies. R.P.S.L. (2009) xii + 400 large pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Historical background to the issues, study of the overprints and postal use. | £55.00 |
![]() | 1970 (7-8 May) British Commonwealth featuring Leslie S. Wheeler Barbados. Stanley Gibbons Auctions 35pp + 19 plates + PR. Small National PS h/s on cover. | £12.00 |
![]() | 1985 (25 Apr) B.B. Benwell collection of Barbados. Harmers 32pp + plates + PR. | £4.00 |
![]() | BACON E.D. and NAPIER F.H. Barbados, with a history and description of the star watermarked papers of Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co. S.G. Philatelic Handbook (1896) xi + 119pp + 3 plates + publisher's ads, fine in card covers in later library blue cloth binding. Detailed listing of the classic issues plus detailed notes on the Perkins Bacon paper. | £75.00 |
![]() | CAPON Richard and GIBB Bill & STEWART George The Farthing BWISC (2021) 102pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. The humble farthing, which not that many people will remember, was the cost of posting Printed Papers locally in some colonies of the Empire. Most were in the West Indies. This book catalogues all of these stamps and shows some very uncommon uses. The coverage extends outside the West Indies to Malta in particular and also to Fiji. There are instances where farthing stamps/labels were used as revenues in Australia, South Africa and diverse places, such as Heligoland. There are listed examples of the farthing labels used in the Highland Railways of Scotland. Places where farthing stamps were used are all covered and as a special treat there is an appendix showing some rare uses from the Ronald Rong Collection | £18.00 |
![]() | 1947 (7 May) Barbados, a specialised stamp sale Robson Lowe Ltd 54pp + PR. Has been previously bound. | £32.00 |
![]() | 1946 (18-19 Nov) Fine and Rare British Empire H.R. Harmer 28pp + 12 plates + PR. Has been previously bound but clean. Fine Barbados, Canada, Jamaica & Newfoundland | £10.00 |
![]() | 1987 (28 May) Barclays collection featuring fine Barbados and other West Indies. Phillips 68pp + PR. | £3.00 |
![]() | 2010 (29 Apr) Barbados. The Frank Deakin Collection. Harmers 83pp. Fine. | £8.00 |
![]() | HORRY David The Encyclopaedia of British West Indies Postmarks. King George VI Murray Payne Ltd (2007) 368 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. Detailed fully illustrated listing of all known postmarks with useful rarity guide. Besides the Caribbean islands this work includes Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras. | £25.00 |
![]() | BENWELL Basil B. & L.E. The postal markings of Barbados. B.W.I.S.C. Study Paper No. 2 (1961) 29 large pp, fine card covers in spiral binding. Ltd. ed. | £6.00 |
![]() | ROETT M. Fitz Barbados. The Britannia Issues. B.W.I.S.C. (2013) x + 219 large pp. New in card covers. Detailed guide to these fascinating issues, profusely illustrated in colour. | £15.00 |
![]() | 1962 (26-27 Mar) British West Indies and Bermuda. - Lawrence Kimball collection. Harmers 44pp + PR. Includes fine Barbados | £9.00 |