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  • 1990 Cable and Wireless Centenary 1890-1990

    1990 Cable and Wireless Centenary 1890-1990

    Celebrating a Century of World Communications for Bermuda Date: 18th October 1990 Stamps: Cable and Wireless Centenary 20c The Halifax and Bermudas Cable Company Office opened for service Monday 14 July 1890; 55c SS Westmeath laid first submarine cable between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bermuda in 1890; 70c Old wireless transmitting station opened May 1928…

  • 1990 Stamp World London 90

    1990 Stamp World London 90

    Commemorating Stamp World 90 at Alexandra Palace Date: 3rd May 1990 Stamps: 18c One Penny; 50c Two Pence; 60c Six Pence and $2 One Shilling. All overprinted “Stamp World London 90” and logo. Type: Offiical First Day Cover CDS: HAMILTON 03.MAY90A Cachet: Official First Day Cover Bermuda. Stamp World London 90. Alexandra Palace 3–13 May…

  • 1990 Bermuda Paintings Part II

    1990 Bermuda Paintings Part II

    Paintings inspired in Bermuda Date: 19th April 1990 Stamps: BERMUDA PAINTINGS 18c Fairylands, Bermuda, c 1890 Ross Sterling Turner; 50c Shinebone Alley, c. 1953 Ogden M. Pleissner; 60c Salt Kettle, 1916 Prosper Senate and $2 St. George’s, 1934 Jack Bush Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: HAMILTON 19.APR90A BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA PAINTINGS PART II BERMUDA…

  • MV Sonia Paquebot Valparaiso Chile

    MV Sonia Paquebot Valparaiso Chile

    Bermuda paquebot from Chile Type: Paquebot Cover Date: 9th January 1990 CDS: CORREOS DE CHILE 9ENE 90-18 Cachets: m.v. SONIA M HAMILTON OFF. No. 343028 G.R.T. 11142-50 N.R.T. 5946-73 / MARS LTD. CLARENDON HOUSE, CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON, BERMUDA Signed: A. O. Lightfoot, MASTER Address: MARTIN W. LONGSETH, 417 Wilson Street, Sun Prairie, Wis. 53590 U.…

  • 1989 Commonwealth Postal Conference

    1989 Commonwealth Postal Conference

    Commemorating the Commonwealth Postal Conference Date: 3rd November 1989 Stamps: 18c One Penny; 50c Two Pence; 60c Six Pence and $2 One Shilling Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: HAMILTON 03.NOV89A Cachet: Official First Day Cover. Commonwealth Postal Conference 1989. Release Date 3rd. November, 1989 Address: Postmaster General Bermuda BERMUDA COMMONWEALTH POSTAL CONFERENCE 1989 Bermuda…

  • 1989 NASA STS-34 Space Shuttle Launch

    1989 NASA STS-34 Space Shuttle Launch

    On the occasion of the Space Shuttle STS-34 mission launch Type: NASA Cover CDS: 18.OCT89C ST. DAVID’S ISLAND BERMUDA Cachet: NASA BERMUDA STATION NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration ON THE OCCASION OF STS-34 Signed: Suzanne M. Combs Address: W. Holly Avenue, Pitman, NJ 08071 Stamp: 1986 Bermuda 50c ‘Mark Antoine’ Wrecked 1777 Reverse: QUINTON,…

  • 1989 150th Anniversary of the Bermuda Library

    1989 150th Anniversary of the Bermuda Library

    Commemorating the national library Date: 5th October 1989 Stamps: Bermuda 18c Main Library, Hamilton; 50c The Old Rectory, St. George’s; 60c Springfield, Somerset Library; $2.00 Cabinet Building. Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 05.OCT 89A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERMUDA LIBRARY / OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER RELEASE DATE: 5 OCT 1989 Liner…

  • 1989 Old Garden Roses Part 2

    1989 Old Garden Roses Part 2

    Second issue of the Old Garden Roses issue Date: 13th July 1989 Stamps: Bermuda OLD GARDEN ROSES  18c Aggrippina; 30c Smith’s Parish; 50c Champney’s Pink Cluster; 60c Rosette Delizy; $1.50 Rosa bracteata. First Day Cover Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 13.JUL 89A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: Old Garden Roses Part 2, Bermuda OFFICIAL FIRST DAY…

  • 1989 150 Years of Photography

    1989 150 Years of Photography

    Celebrating 150 years of photography Date: 11th May 1989 Stamps: 18c Morgan’s Island; 30c Front Street Hamilton; 50c Front Street Hamilton; 60c Crow Lane – Hamiliton Harbour; 70c Hamilton Harbour – Shipbuilding; $1 Dockyard Type: First Day Cover CDS: 11.MAY89A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: 150 Years of Photography BERMUDA Official First Day Cover 11 May 1989…

  • MV West Moor Paquebot Georgetown Ascension Island

    MV West Moor Paquebot Georgetown Ascension Island

    Paquebot from Georgetown, Ascension Island Type: Paquebot Cover Date: 10th April 1989 CDS: AP 10 89 GEORGETOWN ASCENSION ISLAND Cachet: M/V WEST MOOR O.N. 2512 GRT 1599-95 NRT 1174-65 ST. JOHN’S ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Address: FRED McGARY P.O. Box 1264 Absecon, NJ, 08201, USA Stamp: 30c Monarch Butterfly Danus plexippus wildlife definitive

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