Tag: 1937

  • 1983 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight

    1983 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight

    Commemorating the anniversary of the Montgolfiers 1783-1983 Date: 13th October 1983 Stamps: 12c First Flight over Bermuda – Curtis Jenny 1919, 30c First completed flight between U.S. & Bermuda – Stinson ‘Pilot Radio’ 1930, 40c First Scheduled Passenger Flight ‘Cavalier’ Short Empire Flying Boat 1937 featuring Bermuda Airport Imperial Airways and $1 ‘USS Los Angeles’…

  • 1957 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights Bermuda and USA

    1957 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights Bermuda and USA

    Commemorating the Anniversary of First Passenger Flights between Bermuda and the USA Cachet: 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights between Bermuda and The United States 1937 – 1957. Imperial Airways (B.O.A.C.) June 16th, 1937 and Pan American Airways June 17th, 1937 Type: OHMS Commemorative Cover CDS: 17JUN57B HAMILTON BERMUDA Envelope: ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE…

  • 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 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 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 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…

  • 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:…