Michelle-Tessiah

Anyone have any information about Barbados in the late 1910s?

What does victory 1919 mean?

Love how it went through two processes to get a really nice contrast of yellow and black.

I thought it was an independence thing but Barbados gained independence way later than you would think.... Looked up a timeline of historical events and got nothing.

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Show threadCara BruarMar 14
@Tesseks a quick internet search shows it was celebrating the end of WW1. Barbados was British and soldiers from there fought in the war.
Show threadMichelle-TessiahMar 14
@CaraBruar i did not think of that but now it does seem obvious. I just went to wikipedia without realising that obviously WW1 happened less than a year earlier.
Show threadCara BruarMar 14
@Tesseks lots of info here https://www.linns.com/news/world-stamps-postal-history/2017/february/barbados-world-war-i-classic-world-stamps.html
In peace or in victory, Barbados hailed the end of World War I

Despite being some distance from the main action, Great Britain’s colonies, including Barbados, did not spend World War I on the sidelines.

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