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25c: this colorful issue celebrated the anniversary of Scouting in Barbados, and shows flags and scouts of various Caribbean islands around a campfire

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20c: this lovely island birds issue features the Antillean Crested Hummingbird, a common Caribbean species

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65c: this local scenery issue features the Music Rocks and Cove Bay

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45c: This early postmen issue shows a historical scene overlaid on an island map

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45c: this issue depicts local festivals

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55c: this anniv. of the end of WWII issue honors the islanders who fought on the side of the UK

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70c: this lovely stamp was issued for the Hong Kong 1994 Expo. and shows the migratory Ruddy Turnstone

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$1.15 the Flamboyant or Orchid Tree, is a dramatic site when in flower, lighting up gardens and roadsides in a profusion of red.

55c: this issue celebrates the World Orchid Conference of 1993 and shows and Epiden-drum spp.

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45c: the Oliba or Black willow is seen on this definitive trees series; this island native is very distinctive for its elongated seed pods, pictured in the inset

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$1.75: regatta racing is featured on this 2010 issue

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70c: Barbados has issued many ship issues, this one shows a vessel from 1803 named for the island

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$3: this lovely watercolor shows a typical island landscape and celebrates the tricentenary of the Combermere School

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45c the golden jubilee of the Barbados Museum is celebrated in this 1983 issue

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10c a sailing regatta is pictured on this 2010 issue

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15c this stamp commemorates the 50th anniv. of the Org. of American States, and shows the effects of severe climate events on the island

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$1.15, 1.40: two stamps of this WWF issue shows the Queen Triggerfish, a gaudy denizen of Caribbean reefs.

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$1 The Scarlet Tanager (both sexes and nest) is a migratory species shown on this stamp, issued for CAPEX in 1987

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45c the enduring relations between the island and the UK are represented here by enjoined flags of both countries

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Island Views:

5c, 45c, 70c, $1.15

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NATIVE BIRDS:

1c Grass Canary

2c King Bird

12c Green Heron

20c Hummingbird

45c Ground Dove

50c Ramier