1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue

First definitve stamps of the new Queen

Date: 9th November 1953
Common Cachet: ER Queen Elizabeth II Issue FIRST DAY ISSUE 9th NOVEMBER, 1953
Stamps: ½d Bermuda Easter Lilies, 1d Perot Provisional and Arms of Bermuda, 1½d Bermuda Easter Liy, 2d Victory II Bermuda Racing Dinghy, 2½d Sir George Somers and Sea Venture, 3d Map of Bermuda, 4d Perot Provisional and Arms of Bermuda, 4½d Sea Venture, Hog Coin and Perot Provisional; 6d White-tailed Tropicbird Phaeton flavirostris; 1/- Hogge Mony early Bermudan coinage; 1/3d Map of Bermuda; 2/- Arms of the town of St. George’s incorporated 1797; 2/6 Warwick Fort 1614; 5/- Hog Coin; 10/- Hog Money earliest Colonial coinage; £1 Arms of Bermuda

Type: First Day Cover
CDS: WARWICK BERMUDA -9NOV53B
Address: Goring Hall, Goring-on-Sea, Worthing, Sussex, England

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Type: First Day Cover
CDS: WARWICK BERMUDA -9NOV53B
Address: Goring Hall, Goring-on-Sea, Worthing, Sussex, England

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Type: First Day Cover
CDS: -9NOV53 DEVONSHIRE SOUTH BERMUDA
Address: Miss Ruth Down, Westlands, Smith’s Parish
Backstamp: 10NOV53 FLATTS BERMUDA

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Type: Registered First Day Cover
CDS: -9NOV53B HAMILTON BERMUDA
Cachet: H. M. Queen Elizabeth II Issue, November 9, 1953, First Day of Issue
Registration Label: BERMUDA No 0354
Address: Mr Roger Wells, 9 Great Coates Road., Grimsby, England
Reverse: D. E. Gibbons, 9 Front Street, Hamilton, Bermuda

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Type: Airmail First Day Cover
CDS: -9NOV53B HAMILTON BERMUDA
Address: Mr. T. Van Schaik, Fairmount Apartment #3, South Shore, Devonshire
Backstamp: 10NOV53 DEVONSHIRE SOUTH BERMUDA