Category: Commemoratives

  • 1937 The Royal Navy Honours their Majesties on Coronation Day

    1937 The Royal Navy Honours their Majesties on Coronation Day

    The Royal Navy Commemorates Coronation Day The Royal Navy Honours Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their Coronation Day May 12 1937. Date: 14th May 1937 Cachet: The Royal Navy Honours Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their Coronation Day May 12 1937 / Rear – Gold Seal CORONATION 1937…

  • 1937 USS Case DD-370 Shakedown Cruise

    1937 USS Case DD-370 Shakedown Cruise

    Commemorating the shakedown cruise Date: April 19th 1937 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: APR 19 1937 A.M. U.S.S. CASE HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: COMMEMORATING the Shakedown Cruise OF THE U.S.S. CASE, DD-370 Commisioned at Boston Navy Yard On September 15, 1936 SPONSOR USCS 1280 Reverse Cachet: Frederick Horton U.S.C.S #1280 P.O. Box 390 Port Chester, N.Y Address:…

  • 1936 The Royal Navy send Birthday Greetings to King George VI

    Birthday greetings to the new King Date: 27th October 1936 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 14.DEC36? IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / 14 DEC 1936 MAIL OFFICE H.M.S. “APOLLO” Cachet: The Royal Navy sends Birthday Greetings to His Majesty King George 6 December 14, 1936 Address: Mrs. C.C. Jones, Box 233, Ballardvale, Massachusetts U.S.A Stamp: 1½d South Shore…

  • SS Monarch of Bermuda Paquebot New York

    SS Monarch of Bermuda Paquebot New York

    Posted on the High Seas Type: Commemorative Paquebot Cover Date: 4th December 1936 CDS: S.S. MONARCH OF BERMUDA POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS and DEC 4 NEW YORK N.Y. PAQUEBOT Cachet: TRANSATLANTIC SEAPOST 1906 – 1936 / Sponsored by Admiral Beatty Chapter 46 Hamilton Bermuda / With John Rodgers Chapter 26 Honolulu Hawaii U.S.C.S /…

  • 1936 HMS Apollo joins with the US Navy for Navy Day

    1936 HMS Apollo joins with the US Navy for Navy Day

    Celebrating Navy Day 1936 Date: 27th October 1936 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 27.OCT36? IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / 27 OCT 1936 MAIL OFFICE H.M.S. “APOLLO” Cachet: H.M.S. “Apollo” joins with the U. S. Navy Oct. 27 1936 in celebrating Navy Day. Cachet by Admiral Beatty Chapter, U.S.C.S. In compliment to National Cover Week Address: John Edward…

  • 1936 HMS Dragon pays tribute to HMS Valerian

    1936 HMS Dragon pays tribute to HMS Valerian

    10th Anniversary of HMS Valerian foundering in a hurricane off Bermuda Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 22nd October 1936 CDS: 22OCT36A IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / H.M.S. DRAGON 22 OCT 1936 Cachet: His Majesty’s Ship “Dragon” pays tribute to H.M.S “Valerian” on the 10th Anniversary of her foundering in a hurricane off Bermuda – October 22, 1926…

  • 1936 USS Pike submarine shakedown cruise

    1936 USS Pike submarine shakedown cruise

    US Submarine Pike visits Bermuda on its shakedown cruise Type: Warship Cover CDS: AUG 15 1936 P.M. U.S.S. PIKE. HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: SHAKEDOWN CRUISE U.S. SUBMARINE PIKE 1936 NEW YORK, JACKSONVILLE, NASSAU, TAMPA, PORT ARTHUR, VERA CRUZ, HAVANA, GUANTANAMO BAY, ST. THOMAS, HAMILTON, NEW LONDON, NEWPORT / ANCS ARGONAUTS Address: Eugene L. Mueller, 8012 Kimbark…

  • 1934 Navy Day Bermuda greets the US Navy

    1934 Navy Day Bermuda greets the US Navy

    Bermuda greets the US Navy in Navy Day 1934 Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 27th October 1934 Stamps: ¼d block of four Sea Venture definitives. ½d Sea Venture definitive. CDS: 27OCT34C WARWICK WEST BERMUDA Address: Lewis Green, 32 So. Dean Ave., Trenton, N. J., U. S. A. [hr] CDS: 27OCT34C [NOT CLEAR] BERMUDA Address: Edison F.…

  • 1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    Bermuda first overseas airmail Date: 22nd April 1925 CDS: Front – Blue and unclear. Cachet: Stamped – BERMUDA FIRST OVERSEAS AIRMAIL. Typed – By Air Mail by Air Ship Los Angeles from Bermuda to Lakehurst N. J. Address: Mr A. C. Roessler, 140 South Parkway, East Orange, N. J., U. S. A. Stamps: 2½d Ship…