Category: Commemoratives

  • 1957 The Bermuda Talks

    1957 The Bermuda Talks

    Continuation of the talks Date: 25th March 1957 Type: Commemorative Day Cover CDS: 25MAR57A HARRINGTON SOUND BERMUDA Cachet: The Bermuda Talks 1957 Address: Woodland Road, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA Stamp: QEII definitive 8d Bermuda 8d White-Tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon flavirostris

  • 1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    Final day of the conference Date: 7th December 1953 Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 11-AM 7 DEC 1953 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Address: Melborne Place, Devizes, Wiltshire Seal: Christmas Greetings 1953 BERMUDA Stamp: Queen Elizabeth 2/6d definitive Warwick…

  • 1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    United States, Great Britain and France Date: 4th December 1953 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: -4DEC53B ST.GEORGES BERMUDA Cachet: BIG THREE BERMUDA CONFERENCE UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE featuring Easter Lillies, three emblems and three flags. Address: Dr T.J. Mitchell, 41 Kelly Street, Greenock, Scotland Stamps: Queen Elizabeth 1½d definitive with Bermuda Easter Lily [hr] Type:…

  • 1941 Flag Day US Army American Base Forces

    1941 Flag Day US Army American Base Forces

    Commemorative day at APO 802 Date: 14th June 1941 CDS: AMERICAN BASE FORCES, A. P. O. 802 Cachet: “FLAG DAY” / UNITED STATES ARMY / AMERICAN BASE FORCES / A. P. O. NO. 802 – A / BERMUDA / R. C. D. 70 Address: H. E. Upleger, 1429 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles, California Stamp:…

  • 1941 American Base Forces APO 802 First Day Postal Service

    1941 American Base Forces APO 802 First Day Postal Service

    Commemorating the First Day of the Postal Service Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 5th May 1941 CDS: AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P.O. 802 MAY 5 5PM 1941 (front) SOUTH ENOLA MAY 9 1941 A.M. PA. (reverse) Cachet: First Day Postal Service Address: L. J. HEIM, South Enola, Pennsylvania Stamp: United States Postage 2c Two Cents De Catur…

  • Marine Det Bermuda BR First Day Postal Service

    Marine Det Bermuda BR First Day Postal Service

    Commemorating the First Day Postal Service Date: 7th April 1941 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: APR 7 A.M. 1941 MARINE SET. BERMUDA BR Cachet: UNITED STATES POSTMARKS – FIRST DAY POSTAL SERVICE – OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER – NATIONAL CACHET SOCIETY Address: Rev. Edw. Chapuran, 1430 So. 14 Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Stamps: United States…

  • 1937 HMS Apollo with the Cortege of the Late Ramsay McDonald

    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

    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…

  • 1937 Relief of C in C America and West Indies Station HMS York

    1937 Relief of C in C America and West Indies Station HMS York

    Change of Commander in Chief of the America and West Indies Station Vice-Admiral Sidney Julius Meyrick, C. B. relieves Admiral the Honourable Sir Matthew W. Best, KCB, CMG, DSO, as C in C America and West Indies Station on board H. M. S. “YORK” Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 24th May 1937 Cachet: Vice-Admiral Sidney Julius…