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1980 Bermuda Miss World
Commemorating Miss Bermuda’s Miss World win Gina Swainson was the official representative of Bermuda to the 1979 Miss World pageant held at the Albert Hall in London on November 15, 1979, she captured the crown of Miss World. Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in Gina’s honour and she was depicted on…
1979 Bermuda Police Service Centenary
One hundred years of the Bermuda Police Type: Official First Day Cover Date: 26th November 1979 Cachet: BERMUDA POLICE SERVICE CENTENARY / OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER / Release date: 26th November 1979 Stamps: POLICE CENTENARY 1879-1979 8c male and female police officers; 20c police office in Birdcage; 25c Police launch “Blue Heron” and 50c Police…
1979 Bermuda Antique Maps
Commemorating the Antique Maps of Bermuda Date: 14th May 1979 Stamps: 8c Map by George SOMERS 1609, 15c Maps John SELLER 1685; 20c Map by H. Moli, 1729-1740; 25c Map by Desbruslins 1740 and 50c Map by Speed 1626 Official First Day Covers Cachet: BERMUDA Antique Maps OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER Release date 14th May…
1979 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part III
More definitives for the popular wildlife issue Date: 12th March 1979 Stamps: 20c Foureye Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus; 25c Red Hind Epinephelus guttatus; 50c Banded Butterfly Fish Chaetodon striatus; 40c Rock Beauty Holacanthus tricolor; $1 Blue Angel Fish Holacanthus bermudensis; and $2 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 12MAR79 MANGROVE BAY BERMUDA [hr]…
1979 World Wildlife Fund First Day Covers
Collectibles for raising money for the WWF The Bermuda World Wildlife Fund First Day Covers use regular 1979 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part II stamps on a special WWF limited-edition first day cover envelopes. These were before the WWF Stamp Collection which since 1983 has released a set of legal tender WWF postage stamps that feature endangered…
World Wildlife Fund Spiny Lobster Definitive First Day Cover
New definitive issue for Bermuda Wildlife set World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover. First Day of Issue Official Commemorative Stamp of Bermuda. Type: World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover Date: 19th February 1979 CDS: 19FEB79B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: WWF logo on reverse. Stamp: 10c Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus wildife definitive
1979 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part II
Additional values for the wildlife definitives Date: 19th February 1979 Stamps: 7c Whistling Frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei; 10c Spiny Lobster Panlirus argus; 12c Land Crab Gecarcinus lateralis; 15c Lizard (Skink) Eumerces longirostris; 30c Monarch Butterfly Danus plexippus; $3 Green Turtle Chelonis mydas Type: First Day Cover CDS: 19FEB79B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA WILDLIFE DEFINITIVE PART II…
World Wildlife Fund Monarch Butterfly Definitive First Day Cover
New definitive issue for Bermuda Wildlife set World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover. First Day of Issue Official Commemorative Stamp of Bermuda. Type: World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover Date: 19th February 1979 CDS: 19FEB79B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: WWF logo on reverse. Stamp: 30c Monarch Butterfly Danus plexippus wildlife definitive
1979 Bermupex 79
Bermuda Philatelic Society A series of stamp shows held in Bermuda from 1974 to 1980. Date: 17th February 1979 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: BERMUPEX 79 17.2.79 HOLIDAY INN BERMUDA Stamp: 20c Coralita definitive. Holiday Inn Bermuda The Holiday Inn Hotel opened in 1973 in St George’s on a hill top close to the St. Catherine’s…