Bermuda Stamps

Category: First Flight

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route

    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

    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

    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…

  • 1937 Bermuda to Baltimore Imperial Airways First Flight

    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 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…

  • 1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    Official airmail to Bermuda from USA Date: 15th April 1925 CDS: AIR MAIL SERVICE NEW YORK APR 15 1925 Receiving CDS: 22APR25C HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: VIA AIRSHIP LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST, N. J. Address: Mr Joseph Wells, Hotel Belmont Manor, Warwick, Bermuda / The Home of the Postage Stamp, Jackson Heights, New York Stamp: United…

  • 1925 Airmail by Airship Los Angeles from Lakehurst NJ

    1925 Airmail by Airship Los Angeles from Lakehurst NJ

    First special flight of airship USS Los Angeles Date: 20th February 1925 CDS: AIR MAIL SERVICE, NEW YORK FEB 20 1925 Machine Cancel: NEWARK N.J. FEB19 12AM 1925 Cachet: A.C. ROESSLER EAST ORANGE, N.J The WRESTLER 140 SOUT PARKWAY Typed: AIR MAIL BY AIR SHIP LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST NJ Back Stamp: ST. GEORGES BERMUDA…