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Postage stamps and postal history of Barbados : ウィキペディア英語版 | Postage stamps and postal history of Barbados
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Barbados. The first Europeans to arrive on the island were probably the Portuguese in about the year 1500. In 1605 Sir Olave Leigh〔Gibbons Stamp Monthly, Stanley Gibbons, December 2005, page 56〕 landed on the island and claimed it for King James. The first group of English settlers, about 30, arrived on the island in about 1624. More English settlers continued to arrive and by 1650 some 20,000 people〔Samuel Frere, (''A short history of Barbados : from its first discovery and settlement, to the end of the year 1767,'' ) published by J. Dodsley, London, 1768, p 10〕 had settled on the island. ==Pre-stamp period== The British Post Office established a Packet Agency on the island of Barbados, in Bridgetown, during the reign of Charles II in 1663.〔(Barbados Postal Service )〕 The Agency at first relied on casual ships to carry the mail. In 1702 Edmund Dummer started a monthly services from Falmouth, changing to Plymouth in 1705. The return trip took three to four months. The service ended in 1711 when Dummer was made bankrupt. In the previous nine years Dummer had lost two packets at sea and had seven captured by the Spanish. In 1711 his remaining seven packets were seized by creditors and the service lapsed.〔 The Packet Agency again had to use casual ships to carry the mail until 1745 when a service, based on Dummer's original plans, was reintroduced by the Post Office. Postal markings first appeared on mail from Barbados in the 1760s.〔 At the time the name of the colony was spelt ‘Barbadoes’, this lasted till about 1850.〔 The British Post Office was responsible for the internal postal system until 1 August 1851 when it was handed over to the Barbados Legislature. The British continued to operate the Packet Agency, for overseas mail, till 1858.〔Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 1 British Commonwealth〕 So during this period, 1851 to 1858, there were 2 separate Post Offices on the island. Unlike several other British Colonies, Barbados did not use British Stamps at any time.
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