Bermuda Stamps

Category: First Flight

  • 1965 First Super VC10 Flight Bermuda and New York

    1965 First Super VC10 Flight Bermuda and New York

    First New York–Bermuda BOAC air mail service using jet aircraft Date: 2nd April 1965 Bermuda–New York Type: First Flight Cover CDS: -2APR85A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: B.O.A.C.’S SUPER V.C.10 / Commemorating The FIrst Super V.C.10 Flight Bermuda to New York / 2nd April – 1965 Address: Mr. L.J. Fountain, BOAC, c/o Commodore Hotel, 42nd Street, Park…

  • 1964 Qantas inaugural service London to Sydney via Mexico

    1964 Qantas inaugural service London to Sydney via Mexico

    Return first flight by Qantas from London to Sydney via Mexico The Qantas ‘Fiesta’ route opened from Sydney to London via Fiji, Tahiti, Mexico City, Acapulco, Nassau and Bermuda in 1964 and continued till 1974-75. Date: 28th November 1964 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: 28NOV64A HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: SYDNEY 9-PM 12 30 NOV 12 1964…

  • 1962 First Jet Air Mail Service Miami, Florida to Hamilton, Bermuda

    1962 First Jet Air Mail Service Miami, Florida to Hamilton, Bermuda

    Inaugural flight between Miami and Bermuda Date: 5th May 1962 First air mail service on London-Miami route vis Bermuda and the Bahamas by Cunard Eagle Airways Ltd. Miami (AMF) to Bermuda Cachet: FIRST JET AIR MAIL SERVICE CUNARD EAGLE AIRWAYS Bahamas Limited CUNARD EAGLE AIRWAYS Bermuda Limited MIAMI, FLORIDA TO HAMILTON, BERMUDA (magenta) Type: First…

  • 1960 BOAC First Flight Between London and Bogota

    London to Caracas route extension Date: 8th-11th January 1960 Cachet: BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION B.O.A.C Britannia JET-PROP AIRLINER. B.O.A.C FIRST FLIGHT BETWEEN LONDON AND BOGOTA CDS: 2-AM 8 JAN 1960 HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: -9.1.60 CORREO AEREO BOGOTA 9. Address: Sales Manager, BOAC Central America, Carrera 5a, No. 15-11, Apartado Aereo 61-98, Bogota, Colomobia. Stamps:…

  • 1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    BOAC Britannia Jet-prop airliner First flight from London to Caracas Venezuela via Bermuda. London, Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Caracas service by BOAC Britannia turbo-prop aircraft. This was the first BOAC service to South America since 1954 and the first ever between Europe and South America by a propellor-turbine powered aircraft. Type: First Flight Cover Date:…

  • 1948 First Flight Trans-Canada Airlines Hamilton Montreal Toronto

    1948 First Flight Trans-Canada Airlines Hamilton Montreal Toronto

    Inaugural flight to Canada Hamilton–Montreal–Toronto by Trans-Canada Airlines. Cachet in violet. Poste Restante letters were backstamped 3 May at Montreal but no backstamp applied at Toronto. The service was bi-weekly with Canadair Four North Stars – one service to and from Montreal and one to and from Toronto. Type: First Flight Date: 1st May 1948…

  • 1948 BOAC First Speedbird Constellation Flight Bermuda to New York

    1948 BOAC First Speedbird Constellation Flight Bermuda to New York

    The flying boats are replaced 1948 18th January Hamilton–New York via BOAC First Speedbird Constellation, G-AHEN, RMA Baltimore flight; souvenir covers printed with inscription. Type: First Flight Cover Machine cancel: 1-PM 18th JAN 1948 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: B.O.A.C FIRST SPEEDBIRD CONSTELLATION FLIGHT / BERMUDA – NEW YORK…

  • 1947 FAM 33 Colonial Airlines New York Washington DC Bermuda

    1947 FAM 33 Colonial Airlines New York Washington DC Bermuda

    First Flight of FAM 33 Hamilton–New York–Washington by Colonial Airlines. Cachet: Purple – WASHINGTON – NEW YORK – COLONIAL AIRLINES INAUGUAL FLIGHT AUGUST 1st 1947 Date: August 1st 1947 Return flight westbound Bermuda to Washington DC CDS: -1AUG47A HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: Mr. Sigmund Janas, President, Colonial Airlines, Inc., 223 Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C. Envelope:…

  • 1939 Acceptance of Azores Souvenir Mail to Bermuda via PAA Southern Route

    PAA US – Europe Southern Route Date: 24th September 1939 CDS: CORR0ETELo HORTA 24.SET.39 Cachet: PRIMEIRO VOO TRANS-ATLANTICO HORTA-BERMUDA / HORTA, FAIAL, ACORES Address: Mr. R.A. Mackey, c/o Western Union, Horta, Fayal, Azores. Label: Par Avion By Air Mail FORM 2978 Typed: FIRST MAIL-FLIGHT / VIA HORTA BERMUDA Stamps: Portugal Correio Aereo 1$75; 1$00 and…

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Northern Route

    1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Northern Route

    First Transatlantic Airmail First acceptance of mail via New York – Southampton service (northern route). The Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper flew across the Atlantic on a route from Southampton to Port Washington, New York with enroute stops at Foynes, Ireland, Botwood, Newfoundland, and Shediac, New Brunswick. The inaugural trip flew on June 24th 1939. Pan…