Tag: 1½d

  • 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 Coronation King George VI

    1937 Coronation King George VI

    Bermuda Coronation First Day Cover Bermuda issued an omnibus issue to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI on 12th May 1937. Date: 14th May 1937 Common Cachet: Stamped – CORONATION KING GEORGE VI. FIRST DAY COVER Stamps: Omnibus issue 12th May 1937 BERMUDA 1d, 1½d and 2½d Type: First Day Cover CDS: 14MAY37C HAMILTON…

  • 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…

  • 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 King George V Pictorial Issue

    1936 King George V Pictorial Issue

    New King George V pictorials Stamps depicting various scenes around Bermuda. Date: 14th April 1936 Cachet: PICTORIAL ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER 14th. APRIL 1936 BERMUDA Stamps: ½d Red Hole, Paget; 1d South Shore; 1½d South Shore and 2d Yacht Lucie; 2½d Grape Bay, Paget Parish; 3d Point House, Warwick Parish; 6d Gardener’s Cottage, Par-la-Ville, Hamilton;…

  • 1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V

    1935 Silver Jubilee of King George V

    Omnibus issue for the Silver Jubilee of King George V Date: 6th May 1935 Stamps: BERMUDA 1910-1935 POSTAGE & REVENUE with Windsor Castle – 1d deep blue and scarlet, 1½d ultramarine and grey, 2½d brown and deep blue, 1/- slate and purple. Type: First Day Cover CDS: -6MAY35 HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of the…

  • 1893 Foreign Postal Cards with Provisional Surcharges

    Provisional issue with surcharge Date: 1st July 1893 Type: Postal Card with Provisional Surcharge Higgins & Gage: Bermuda #7 BSC: SC7b2 Colour: Carmine on buff Text: UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE / BERMUDA (LES ISLES BERMUDES) POST CARD / THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. Indicium: Victoria definitive 1½d surcharged in black. [hr] NO…

  • 1885 Halfpenny Inland Postal Card

    New postal card Date: 25th March 1885 Type: Postal Card Higgins & Gage: Bermuda #3 BSC: SC4 Colour: Blue on buff Text: POST CARD / BERMUDA / THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. Stamps: Victoria definitive ½d HALFPENNY