BARBADOS

BARBADOS.

1st anniversary of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA).
Partial map of the Caribbean Sea with the member countries of the Association highlighted.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 06.05.1969.
Face value: 5 cents of Barbadian dollar.
Printing: Photogravure,
Print: 273,076 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 285.
- Scott No. 316.
- StampWorld No. 286.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 386.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 293.

The CARIFTA was organized on May 1, 1968, to provide a continued economic linkage between the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. The 12 countries that made up the Association were: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Honduras (now Belize, which joined in May 1971), Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Association's Secretariat was based in Georgetown (Guyana). The CARIFTA was officially dissolved on May 1, 1974, and its members were integrated into the Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC).