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An imperforate Barbados 1855 brownish red 4d?

ith large numbers of Spanish and Portuguese adventurers sailing around the Caribbean in the early 1500s, it’s hardly surprising that an explorer from the Iberian Peninsula probably set the first European foot on Barbados and claimed it for the Spanish King. Little more than 160 square miles in area, Barbados forms part of a necklace of islands fringing the Caribbean, just outside the region where hurricanes cause frequent devastation.

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