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1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route
First official airmail despatch from Great Britain First Official Airmail despatch from Great Britain to Bermuda. Pan Am initiated two transatlantic air service routes with the Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper. The Southern Route operated via Bermuda and the Azores en route to Lisbon, Portugal and Marseille, France. See Northern Route… CDS: 1.15PM 30 MY 39…
1938 First US Trans-Atlantic Air Mail
Via Bermuda Clipper Date: April 6th 1938 CDS: APR 6 6-AM PORT WASHINGTON 1938 Cachet: FIRST U. S. TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR MAIL PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.–BERMUDA VIA BERMUDA CLIPPER April 6th, 1938 Address: Howard C. Hofman c/o POSTMASTER, Hamilton, Bermuda. forwarding address on reverseside Stamp: UNITED STATES POSTAGE AIRMAIL 10c Reverse: Return Postage Guaranteed By Name:…
1938 FAM 17 First Flight Baltimore to Bermuda
Commemorating the First Flight of FAM 17 The first offical mail flight from Baltimore to Hamilton designated FAM 17 was on 16th March 1938, when the magenta cachet “UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT FAM 17 BALTIMORE – BERMUDA” featuring Bermuda map and aircraft silhouette between Easter Lillies was used. More about Airmail… Type: First…
1938 KGVI Key Plate Issues
High value key plate types 2/- Key Plate 2/6 Key Plate 5/- Key Plate 10/- Key Plate 12/6 Key Plate £1 Key Plate
1938 King George VI Pictorial Issue
New King George VI pictorials Stamps depicting various scenes around Bermuda to replace the King George V versions. Date: 20th January 1938 Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER JANUARY 20, 1938 BERMUDA Stamps: 1d South Shore; 1½d South Shore; 2d Yacht Lucie (light blue and sepia); 2½d Grape Bay, Paget Parish; 3d St David’s Lighthouse (black and…
1938 Registered Envelopes KGVI
New postal stationery items Type: Postal Stationery Registered Letter Issue date: 1938 Higgins & Gage: #C6a Embossed head of King George VI Type 4 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED (with serifs) Text: REGISTERED LETTER / THIS LETTER MUST BE GIVEN TO AN OFFICER OF THE POST OFFICE TO BE REGISTERED, AND A RECEIPT…
1937 Bermuda to Baltimore Imperial Airways First Flight
First official Bermuda-Baltimore air mail service by Imperial Airways Type: First Flight Cover Date: 18th November 1937 CDS: 3-PM 18 NOV 1937 HAMILTON BERMUDA – COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Backstamp: None Cachet: PAN AMERICAN PAA AIRWAYS SYSTEM 135 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK CITY / FIRST AIR MAIL Bermuda to Baltimore VIA…
1937 HMS Apollo with the Cortege of the Late Ramsay McDonald
Commemorating HMS Apollo departing Bermuda Date: 16th November 1937 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 16NOV37A IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / 16 NOV 1937 MAIL OFFICE H.M.S. “APOLLO” Cachet: H.M.S. “Apollo” Departs Bermuda for Plymouth, England with the cortege of the late Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay McDonald Address: R.L Burkholder, 521 West Seaside Boulevard, Long Beach, California U.S.A…
1937 Bermuda to New York Air Service RMA Cavalier First Flight
Commemorating the first flight between Bermuda and New York Cavalier was a Short Empire flying boat with the registration G-ADUU that had been launched on 21 November 1936 and delivered to Imperial Airways. In 1937, Imperial Airways and Pan American World Airways opened up a New York-Bermuda-London flying-boat passenger service. Imperial Airways used Cavalier on…
1937 America and West Indies Squadron Annual Summer Cruise HMS York
America and West Indies Squadron Annual Summer Cruise Date: 10th June 1937 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: Not legible Cachet: H.M.S. “YORK” FLAGSHIP America and West Indies Squadron Depart Bermuda ON ANNUAL SUMMER CRUISE June 10, 1937 Stamped: H.M.S YORK JUNE 10 1937 Address: J.E. Shipp, 932 Linda Vista Avenue, Pasadena, California Stamp: 1½d Coronation omnibus…
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