THE FORMAT INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LTD. ARCHIVE
Information and Reference of What was Found in the Archive
Reference listings of stamp issues for Barbados printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. and items found in the Archive
BARBADOS
Barbados stamps printed by Format International Security Printers Ltd.
Links to pages with information on items found in the archive
1969 HORSE RACING Scott #312-15,315a, SG #381-4,MS385
1979 DEATH CENTENARY OF SIR ROWLAND HILL Scott #491-4, SG #617-19,MS620
The souvenir sheet exists with watermark reversed.
SPECIMEN overprinted sets exist.
1979 SPACE EXPLORATION Scott #512-18, SG #639-44,MS645
SPECIMEN overprinted sets exist.
1985 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL BARBADOS POLICE Scott #670-4, SG #789-92,MS793
1986 60TH BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II Scott #675-9, SG #810-14
1986 EXPO '86 WORLD FAIR, VANCOUVER Scott #680-1, SG #815-16
1987 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS Scott #697-700, SG #832-5
1987 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BARBADOS Scott #706-9, SG #841-4
A number of these issues perforated, imperforate proofs
came onto the market after the liquidation of the Format International Security Printers Ltd. in 1988.
There are some varieties that are legitimately rare. Also full uncut press sheets of some issues
have a rarity factor. More detail will be presented on these in another section of the study.
These were the last stamps printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd. for Barbados. The company soon after went into bankruptcy.
References taken from:
Stanley Gibbons Windward Islands and Barbados
Scott Catalog
Inventory list for the Format Archive by Robson Lowe
