Barbados Services: Postal Services and Post Offices Listing

BARBADOS POSTAL SERVICE (BPS) & POST OFFICES Like many countries, the National Postal System of Barbados features a number of Post Offices offering a range of mail-related services like Postal Boxes, the acceptance of parcels and letters, in addition to processing some government services. The Barbados Post Office is a modern enterprise capable of providing quality service in a cost effective and efficient manner, while processing and delivering communications, good and financial services locally and internationally in a secure, reliable, timely and economical manner. Barbados? Postal Service caters to a variety of Consumers, providing Corporate, Non-Postal and Express services. The Barbados Postal System connects thousands of homes and businesses daily through its mail delivery network of 161 routes, serviced by the island?s Postmen and women. Below is a list of the (18) District Post Offices in Barbados, and their locations.
	The General Post Office of Barbados The Headquarters for the island’s Postal Services.
West Terrace Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, N.C.F. Complex, West Terrace, St James. BB24000 PHONE: (246) 438-0061 St. Lucy Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Benthams, St Lucy. BB27000 PHONE: (246) 439-8417 St. Joseph Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, The Eric Holder Jr. Municipal Complex, St Joseph BB21000 PHONE: (246) 433-1319 Christ Church Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Oistins, Christ Church. BB17000 PHONE: (246) 420-8654 St. Peter Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Speightstown, St Peter. BB26000 PHONE: (246) 422-7450 The Bridgetown Cruise Terminal ADDRESS: The Postmaster General, Cheapside, Bridgetown, St Michael. BB11000 PHONE: (246) 436-4800 Brittons Hill Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Brittons Hill, St Michael. BB14000 PHONE: (246) 426-5432 Eagle Hall Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, President Kennedy Drive, St Michael. BB12000 PHONE: (246) 426-1029 Welches Road Post Office The Postmaster, Welches Road, St Michael. BB13000 PHONE: (246) 429-2436 The Airport Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Grantley Adams International Airport, Christ Church. BB16000 PHONE: (246) 228-1084 Worthing Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Worthing, Christ Church. BB15000 PHONE: (246) 435-7420 St. Andrew Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Belleplaine, St Andrew. BB25000 PHONE: (246) 422-9219 St. George Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, The Valley, St George. BB19000 PHONE: (246) 429-0647 St. James Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Police Station Complex, Holetown, St James. BB24000 PHONE: (246) 432-2237 St. John Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Four Roads, St John. BB20000 PHONE: (246) 433-1323 St. Thomas Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Welchman Hall, St Thomas. BB22000 PHONE: (246) 438-6749 St. Philip Post Office ADDRESS: The Postmaster, Emerald City Complex, Six Roads, St Philip. BB18000 PHONE: (246) 435-3598 HISTORY Barbados has one of the world?s oldest postal services. In 1663, during the reign of Charles II, England?s Imperial Post Office established a Packet Agency on the island. Barbados is only the second island in the British West Indies to establish an Inland Post Service by an Act of Parliament. The local Legislature passed the Post Office Act in 1851. Unlike the other Caribbean islands, British stamps were never used for domestic postage in Barbados. The first issue of ?Barbados? stamps was placed on sale on April 15th, 1852, when the local Post Office also commenced operations. It is this date on which the anniversary of the Inland Post is celebrated. An Act of Parliament in 1854, served to amalgamate the Imperial Packet Agency and the Inland Post Office. By 1858 the Packet Agency was abolished and all mail received became the responsibility of the Colonial Postmaster. Ever an innovator, the Barbados Post introduced Registration and Money Order Services in 1861. The Parliament Buildings of Barbados were the headquarters of the Barbados Postal Service for 112 years ? from 1872 to 1984. At this location, there were a number of firsts for the Barbados Post. In 1874 the first stamps with values were introduced. In 1881 the first wall posting boxes were erected. In 1886, the Barbados Post inaugurated an International Parcel Service with England and in 1887 a similar arrangement was reached with the United States. Over the 100 years in which the Post Office was headquartered in the Parliament Buildings, the Barbados Postal Service has made a valuable contribution to the social, economic and educational development of Barbados. In the early 1900s when scores of Barbadians emigrated to the United States and Panama (and again in the 1950s, when there was also large scale immigration but to England) the Post was the primary means of facilitating communication between the migrants and their families at home. In those years, the Post was the only Agency through which families received letters, gift parcels, and cash remittances from their relatives overseas. The Parcel Post Department served as the means by which many of the dry goods and hardware stores imported their stock in that era. Then World War II occurred and plunged the world into much uncertainty. Barbados was not unscathed. As a result of the War, a special department known as the Censor Office was created in 1939. This office was located in a room under the Senate in the Parliament Buildings, and there all incoming and outgoing overseas mail, which showed no sign of being censored, was intercepted. Letters and packets were opened to determine their content. Any reference to the movement of ships was blotted out to protect ships travelling in the region from espionage and then the mail was resealed with a special Censor Label. Another significant development in Barbados? postal services was the introduction of the Express Mail Service to the USA and the United Kingdom from October 1st 1984. The idea to develop this service to attract new business and retain old customers came as a result of a Barbados delegation?s attendance at an International Express Mail Service Conference in Washington in 1983. This prompted Barbados to negotiate its first Express Mail Agreements with the USA and the UK during 1984. Today, in spite of competition from commercial delivery services, the Barbados Post can boast of door-to-door delivery to more than 60,000 households in Barbados; thus contributing to our reputation for a highly developed postal service for all citizens. This fine reputation has made Barbados a major player in regional postal policy.