1963 Freedom from Hunger omnibus issue

Bermuda issue of the omnibus issue

Date: 4th June 1963
Stamp: 1/3d FREEDOM FROM HUNGER

First Day Covers

Stamped Cachet: “FREEDOM FROM HUNGER” OMNIBUS ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER 4th JUNE 1963

Type: First Day Cover
CDS: -4JUN63B HAMILTON BERMUDA
Printed Cachet: First Day Cover, COMMEMORATING FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN JUNE 4th 1963
Address: Nyton Road, Aldingbourne, Chichester, Sussex, England / Embossed – Barrule, Warwick East, Bermuda (shown below)

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CDS: -4JUN63B HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Middle Road, Devonshire

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CDS: -4JUN63A ST. GEORGES BERMUDA
Address: Mrs F. C. Outerbridge, “Durnford”, St. George’s, Bermuda

About the Omnibus issue

Key facts

Designer: Unknown
Printers: Unknown
Process: Lithography
Perforation: 14 x 14½
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA

Issuing territories: 37 common design, 15 local design
Number of stamps: 37 common design, 40 local design

Freedom from Hunger.

Standard issue – list of issuing territories

Aden
Antigua
Ascension
Bahamas
Basutoland
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Bermuda
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Solomon Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Gambia
Gibraltar
Gilbert & Ellice Islands
Grenada
Hong Kong
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
New Hebrides Condominium
North Borneo
Pitcairn Islands
St Helena
St Lucia
St Vincent
Sarawak
Seychelles
Swaziland
Tonga
Tristan da Cunha
Turks & Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands
Zanzibar

Local design – list of issuing territories

Ceylon (2)
Condominium des Nouvelles Hebrides (1)
Cyprus (2)
Ghana (3)
Great Britain (4)
India (1)
Eire (2)
Jamaica (2)
Kenya Uganda Tanganyika (4)
Malaysia (3)
Maldive Islands (7)
Nigeria (2)
Pakistan (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Trinidad & Tobago (3)