Barbados - The BBI Collection

Images from this collection were donated to the BWISC.

It consisted of 200 colour photo slides and 100 black & white photocopies.

These images have been scanned and converted into various computer presentation formats.

The definition of the original images is not as high as desired, so quality deteriorates with magnification. Due to space considerations images on the web site are lower quality than those on the CD that can be borrowed from the Library. Members can request specific images in higher resolution from the webmaster (info@bwisc.org) please state the page number required.

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Page Slide Description Link
p001 ‘Geography Rectified’ By Robert Morden link
p002 Barbados In 1680 By Map Robert Morden link
p003 Barbados In 1764 Map By Bellin link
p004 Barbados Undated Map link
p005 s001 Outline of The Postal History of Barbados link
p006 s002 No Postal Markings – Letter of 2 July 1795 link
p007 s003 1st Handstamp – Extract From Falmouth Packet Book link
p008 s004 2nd Handstamp – BARBA/DOES letter of 23 Jun 1772 link
p009 s005 2nd Handstamp – BARBA/DOES letter of 2 Sept 1771 link
p010 s006 3rd Handstamp – BARBADOES cover 6 Jan 1766 link
p011 s007 4th Handstamp – BARBADOES/Date letter of 30 Aug 1800 link
p012 s008 4th Handstamp – BARBADOES/Date letter of 28 Nov 1800 link
p013 s009 5th Handstamp – BARBADOES cover of 12 Sept 1808 link
p014 s010 5th Handstamp – BARBADOES cover of 29 Mar 1809 link
p015 s011 5th Handstamp – BARBADOES cover of7 Nov 1809 link
p016 s012 Fleuron – letter 24 Jul 1816 link
p017 s013 Fleuron – cover 17 Oct 1818 link
p018 s014 Fleuron – letter 28 Jul 1827 link
p019 s015 1st Double Circle Date Stamp – dated 14 Jan 1841 link
p020 1840 letter from Samuel Jackson Prescod link
p021 s016 2nd Double Circle Date Stamp – dated 22 Mar 1846 link
p022 s017 Crowned Circle 'PAID AT BARBADOES’ – May 1853 link
p023 s018 Crowned Circle 'PAID AT BARBADOES’ – Dec 1851 & Nov 1854 link
p024 s019 Crowned Circle 'PAID AT BARBADOES’ – Aug 1857 link
p025 s020 Crowned Circle 'PAID AT BARBADOES’ – Provisional Local Use 1893 & 1896 link
p026 Official Paid – Type 1 dated 1902; Type 2 dated 1936 link
p027 Official Paid – Type 3 dated 1962 link
p028 Official Paid – Wrongful Use link
p029 Official Paid – Wrongful Use link
p030 Official Mail – ‘ON POSTAL SERVICE’ & ‘ON SERVICE’ link
p031 Official Mail – ‘COLONIAL POSTMASTER’ link
p032 Official Mail – ‘COLONIAL POSTMASTER’ link
p033 Official Mail – ‘COLONIAL POSTMASTER’ & ‘POSTMASTER GENERAL’ link
p034 Official Mail – ‘POSTMASTER GENERAL’ link
p035 Official Mail – ‘POSTMASTER GENERAL’ link
p036 s021 Registered – 2nd Single–Line Handstamp – letter of 29 May 1879 link
p037 s022 Registered – 3rd Single–Line Handstamp – cover 13 Nov 1917 link
p038 s023 Registered – 'R' Handstamp – cover of 17 Jan 1902 link
p039 Registered – St Lawrence S.O. – cover of 13 Oct 1936 link
p040 Registered – 1958 ‘Label’ style Handstamp link
p041 s024 Registered – 'AR' .Handstamps 1942 & 1970 link
p042 s025 Registered – 'Found In Ordinary Mail' – dated 10 Dec 1925 link
p043 s026 Tax Marks – 'T' in Heart – dated 1895 & 1898 link
p044 s027 Tax Marks – ‘T’ in circle – dated 1907, 1932 & 1965 link
p045 Tax Marks – 1960s ‘Label’ style Handstamp link
p046 Tax Marks – 1971 ‘Label’ style Handstamp link
p047 s028 Postage Due Labels link
p048 s029 Postage Due Labels link
p049 Postage Due Labels link
p050 s030 Late Fee – Narrative link
p051 Late Fee – 1847 Accounting Return link
p052 s031 Late Fee – 1st Handstamp – 1889, 1892 & 1898 link
p053 Late Fee – 2nd Handstamp – 1950s link
p054 s032 Too Late – 1st Handstamp – 1d blue Britannia on cover of 1861 link
p055 s033 Too Late – 2nd Handstamp – 1d blue Britannia on cover of 1863 link
p056 s034 Too Late – 3rd Handstamp – on wrappers of 1893 link
p057 Too Late – 4th Handstamp – on cover of 1972 link
p058 ‘MISSENT TO BARBADOS’ – on covers of 1958 & 1967 link
p059 ‘RETURN TO SENDER’ – on covers of 1965 link
p060 ‘ONWARD BY SEA’ – on 1950s cover link
p061 s035 Military Mail – Soldiers' And Sailors' Concessional Rate – 1894 link
p062 s036 Military Mail – Officers' Concessional Rate – 6d orange Britannia on cover of 1869 link
p063 Military Mail – WW I POW & 1960s USN link
p064 s037 Maritime – ‘BARBADOS / SHIP LETTER’ Type 3 on 1857 cover link
p065 s038 Maritime – Oval ‘BARBADOS/SHIP LETTER’ TYPE 4 on 1903 PPC link
p066 s039 Maritime – 'Posted On British Packet' link
p067 s040 Maritime – 'POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS' link
p068 s041 Maritime – 'Posted / On / Board' link
p069 Maritime – 'Posted / On / Board' link
p070 Departmental Cancellers – Circulation Branch & Money Order Office link
p071 Departmental Cancellers – Parcels Branch link
p072 Departmental Cancellers – Parcels Branch link
p073 Departmental Cancellers – Registration Branch link
p074 Departmental Cancellers – Returned Letter Office link
p075 Departmental Cancellers – Airmail & Philatelic Bureau link
p076 s042 Barbados Post Office Inland Post Introduction link
p077 s043 Britannia Issues – Narrative link
p078 s044 1858 G.P.O. Prepayment Instructions link
p079 s045 Reprinted Britannia Die Proofs (1875) link
p080 Cancellers link
p081 s046 1852 Britannia – Narrative Re RMS ‘Amazon’ Shipment link
p082 s047 1852 Britannia – ½d mint and used link
p083 s048 1852 Britannia – 1d mint link
p084 s049 1852 Britannia – 1d used & 1855 cover link
p085 s050 1852 Britannia – 2d mint, used & 1854 bisect link
p086 s051 1852 Britannia – 4d mint & used link
p087 s052 1856/9 Britannia – ½d mint & used link
p088 s053 1856/9 Britannia – 1d mint, used & 1858 cover link
p089 s054 1852/8 Britannia Unissued adhesives link
p090 1852/8 Britannia Unissued adhesives – slate blue pane link
p091 s055 1858 Britannia – 6d mint, used & 1860 cover link
p092 s056 1858 Britannia – 1/– plate proofs, mint & used link
p093 s057 1860 Britannia pin perf.12½ – ½d & 1d link
p094 s058 1860 Britannia perf.13½-14 – ½d,1d, 1861 cover & bisect on piece link
p095 s059 1861 Britannia – ½d mint & used link
p096 s060 1861 Britannia – 1d mint & used link
p097 s061 1861/70 Britannia – ½d mint link
p098 s062 1861/70 Britannia – ½ used link
p099 s063 1861/70 Britannia – ½d mint blocks link
p100 s064 1861/70 Britannia – 1d mint & used link
p101 s065 1861/70 Britannia – 1d used, 1862 cover & bisect on piece link
p102 s066 1861/70 Britannia perf.11–12 – 1d mint link
p103 s067 1861/70 Britannia – 4d mint link
p104 s068 1861/70 Britannia – 4d used & 1862 cover link
p105 s069 1861/70 Britannia – 6d mint link
p106 s070 1861/70 Britannia – 6d used link
p107 s071 1861/70 Britannia – 1/- mint, used & cover link
p108 s072 1861/70 Britannia – 1/- error of colour link
p109 s073 1861/70 Britannia – Imperforate ½d & 1d link
p110 s074 1861/70 Britannia – Imperforate 4d & 6d link
p111 s075 1870 Britannia Large Star – ½d, 1d mint & used link
p112 s076 1870 Britannia Large Star – 4d, 6d, 1/– mint & used link
p113 s077 1871 Britannia Small Star – 1d, 4d link
p114 s078 1871 Britannia Small Star – 6d, 1/– link
p115 s079 1872/3 Britannia Small Star, perf 14½ to 15½– 1d, 6d, 1/- link
p116 s080 1872/3 Britannia Small Star, perf 11 to 13 x 14½ to15½ – ½d, 4d link
p117 s081 1873 Britannia Large Star – ½d, 4d, 6d link
p118 s082 1873 Britannia Large Star – 1/- link
p119 s083 1873 Britannia Small Star – 3d proofs, mint & used link
p120 s084 1873 Britannia Small Star – 5/– proofs, specimens, mint & used link
p121 s085 1874 Britannia Large Star – proofs link
p122 s086 1874 Britannia Large Star – ½d, 1d mint & used link
p123 s087 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 12½ link
p124 s088 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 12½ link
p125 s089 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – Local ‘SPECIMEN’ link
p126 s090 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – ½d link
p127 s091 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – 1d link
p128 s092 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – 3d, 4d link
p129 s093 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – 6d, 1/- link
p130 s094 1875/8 Britannia Crown CC Perf. 14 – 1877 & 1878 covers link
p131 s095 1878 Britannia Provisional Surcharge 1d on 5/– link
p132 s096 1878 Britannia Provisional Surcharge 1d on 5/– link
p133 s097 1882/91 QV Head – Die Proofs link
p134 s098 1882/91 QV Head – Specimens link
p135 s099 1882/91 QV Head – ½d link
p136 s100 1882/91 QV Head – 1d link
p137 s101 1882/91 QV Head – 1d Bisected link
p138 s102 1882/91 QV Head – 2½d, 3d link
p139 s103 1882/91 QV Head – 4d link
p140 s104 1882/91 QV Head – 4d on 1886 &1890 covers link
p141 s105 1882/91 QV Head – 6d, 1/- link
p142 s106 1882/91 QV Head – 5/- link
p143 s107 1882/91 QV Head – Forgeries link
p144 s108 1892 QV Head Provisional Surcharge – ½d on 4d link
p145 s109 1892/1903 Seal – Essays And Proofs link
p146 s110 1892/1903 Seal – Colour Scheme link
p147 s111 1892/1903 Seal – Colour Trials link
p148 s112 1892/1903 Seal – Colour Trials link
p149 1892/1903 – Crowned Circle 'PAID AT BARBADOES’ – Provisional local use 1896 link
p150 s113 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – Specimens link
p151 s114 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – mint & 8d variety link
p152 s115 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – used link
p153 s116 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA –¼d pane link
p154 s117 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – ½d pane link
p155 s118 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1d pane link
p156 s119 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 2d block of 15 link
p157 s120 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1895 cover & 1905 ppc link
p158 s121 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1899 cover & 1900 registered cover link
p159 s122 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1893 psc & 1899 registered cover link
p160 s123 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1895 cover & 1901 psc link
p161 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1897 covers link
p162 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1895 & 1896 covers link
p163 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1893 covers link
p164 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1897 registered covers link
p165 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1897 registered covers link
p166 1892/1903 Seal Crown CA – 1897 registered covers link
p167 s124 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – Die Proofs link
p168 s125 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – Die Proofs link
p169 s126 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – Specimens link
p170 s127 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – Specimens link
p171 s128 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – ¼d link
p172 s129 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – ½d link
p173 s130 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 1d link
p174 s131 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 2½d link
p175 s132 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 5d, 6d link
p176 s133 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 8d, 10d link
p177 s134 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 2/6d link
p178 s135 1897/8 Diamond Jubilee – 1898 cover link
p179 s136 1905/10 Seal Mult. Crown CA – Specimens link
p180 s137 1905/10 Seal Mult. Crown CA – mint link
p181 s138 1905/10 Seal Mult. Crown CA – used link
p182 1905/10 Seal Mult. Crown CA – underpaid ppc link
p183 s139 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Essay link
p184 s140 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Essay link
p185 s141 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Essays And Proofs link
p186 s142 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Essays link
p187 s143 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Colour Trials link
p188 s144 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – Specimens link
p189 s145 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – mint link
p190 s146 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – used link
p191 s147 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – 1906 ppc & registered cover link
p192 s148 1906/7 Nelson Centenary – 1906 registered cover link
p193 s149 1906 Olive Blossom – Specimen link
p194 s150 1906 Olive Blossom – mint link
p195 s151 1906 Olive Blossom – used & cover link
p196 s152 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – mint & used link
p197 s153 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – varieties link
p198 s154 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – ovpt. inverted link
p199 s155 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – 2nd setting link
p200 s156 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – 5th setting pane link
p201 s157 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – 2nd & 3rd setting pane ovpt. inverted link
p202 s158 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – covers link
p203 s159 1907 Kingston Relief Fund – covers link
p204 s160 1912-16 KGV – Essays link
p205 s161 1912-16 KGV – Proofs ¼d to 2½d link
p206 s162 1912-16 KGV – Proofs ¼d to 2½d link
p207 s163 1912-16 KGV – Proofs 3d to 6d link
p208 s164 1912-16 KGV – Proofs 3d to 6d link
p209 s165 1912-16 KGV –Proofs 1/- to 3/- link
p210 s166 1912-16 KGV – Proofs DLR Day Books link
p211 s167 1912-16 KGV – Specimens link
p212 s168 1912-16 KGV – mint link
p213 s169 1912-16 KGV – used link
p214 s170 1912-16 KGV – covers link
p215 s171 1912-16 KGV – covers link
p216 s172 1912-16 KGV –'Revenue' overprints link
p217 s173 1914 Belgian Relief Fund link
p218 s174 1914 Belgian Relief Fund link
p219 s175 1916/20 Seal – Proofs And Colour Trials link
p220 s176 1916/20 Seal – Specimens link
p221 s177 1916/20 Seal – ¼d link
p222 s178 1916/20 Seal – ½d link
p223 s179 1916/20 Seal – 1d link
p224 s180 1916/20 Seal – 2½d link
p225 s181 1916/20 Seal – 3d, 4d link
p226 s182 1916/20 Seal – 6d, 1/-, 2/- link
p227 s183 1916/20 Seal – 3/- link
p228 s184 1916 Booklet link
p229 s185 1917/19 War Tax – mint & used link
p230 s186 1917/19 War Tax – covers link
p231 s187 1920/1 Victory – Colour Trials / Printer’s Samples link
p232 s188 1920/1 Victory – Plate Proofs link
p233 s189 1920/1 Victory – Specimens link
p234 s190 1920/1 Victory – mint link
p235 s191 1920/1 Victory – used link
p236 s192 1920/1 Victory – cover & wmk variety link
p237 s193 1921/4 Small Seal – Die Proof link
p238 s194 1921/4 Small Seal – Specimens link
p239 s195 1921/4 Small Seal – mint link
p240 s196 1921/4 Small Seal – used link
p241 s197 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Die Proof link
p242 s198 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Die Proofs link
p243 s199 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Plate Proofs link
p244 s200 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Colour Trials link
p245 s201 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Specimens link
p246 s202 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Specimens link
p247 s203 1925/35 Seal with P&R – Specimens link
p248 s204 1925/35 Seal with P&R – mint link
p249 s205 1925/35 Seal with P&R – used link
p250 s206 1925/35 Seal with P&R – cover & coil-joins link
p251 1925/35 Seal with P&R – ¼d pane link
p252 1925/35 Seal with P&R – ½d pane link
p253 1925/35 Seal with P&R – ½ pane link
p254 1925/35 Seal with P&R – 1d pane link
p255 1925/35 Seal with P&R – 1½d pane link
p256 1925/35 Seal with P&R – 2d pane link
p257 1925/35 Seal with P&R – 2½d pane link
p258 1925/35 Seal with P&R – 3d block link
p259 s207 1927 Tercentenary – Specimens link
p260 s208 1927 Tercentenary – mint link
p261 s209 1927 Tercentenary – used & cover link
p262 s210 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee – Specimens link
p263 s211 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee – mint link
p264 s212 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee – used & cover link
p265 1937 KGVI Coronation link
p266 1937 KGVI Coronation link
p267 1938 KGVI Definitives link
p268 1938 KGVI Definitives link
p269 1938 KGVI Definitives link
p270 1938 KGVI Definitives link
p271 1938 KGVI Definitives link
p272 1939 Tercentenary of General Assembly link
p273 1939 Tercentenary of General Assembly link
p274 1942 Meter Marks link
p275 1944 German Propaganda Labels link
p276 1946 Victory link
p277 1947 1d on 2d Provisional link
p278 1948 KGVI Silver Wedding link
p279 1948 KGVI Silver Wedding link
p280 1950 KGVI Definitives link
p281 1950 KGVI Definitives link
p282 1950 KGVI Definitives link
p283 1950 KGVI Definitives link
p284 1951 University College of the W.I. link
p285 1952 Centenary of 1st Barbados Adhesive Stamp link
p286 1953 QE2 Coronation link
p287 1953 QE2 Definitives link
p288 1953 QE2 Definitives link
p289 1958 West Indies Federation link
p290 1961 Deep Water Harbour link
p291 1962 Boy Scouts link
p292 1965 ITU Centenary link
p293 1964 QE2 Definitives link
p294 1964 QE2 Definitives link
p295 1965 QE2 Definitives link
p296 1965 QE2 Definitives link
p297 1965 QE2 Definitives link
p298 1966 Sir Winston Churchill link
p299 1966 Royal Visit link
p300 1966 QE2 Definitives link
p301 1966 QE2 Definitives link
p302 1966 Independence link