Tag: 3d

  • 1941 King George VI 3d Pictorial Issue

    1941 King George VI 3d Pictorial Issue

    New stamp added to the Pictorial Issue Date: 16th July 1941 Stamp: 3d King George VI Pictorial featuring St David’s Lighthouse Type: First Day Cover CDS: 16JUL41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Address: Donald Outerbridge, York Street, St. George’s, Bermuda Stamps: 3d Block of four printer marginal “BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co., Ltd., NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND” and…

  • 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 King George VI Pictorial Issue

    1938 King George VI Pictorial Issue

    New King George VI pictorials Stamps depicting various scenes around Bermuda to replace the King George V versions. Date: 20th January 1938 Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER JANUARY 20, 1938 BERMUDA Stamps: 1d South Shore; 1½d South Shore; 2d Yacht Lucie (light blue and sepia);  2½d Grape Bay, Paget Parish; 3d St David’s Lighthouse (black and…

  • 1938 Registered Envelopes KGVI

    1938 Registered Envelopes KGVI

    New postal stationery items Type: Postal Stationery Registered Letter Issue date: 1938 Higgins & Gage: #C6a Embossed head of King George VI Type 4 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED (with serifs) Text: REGISTERED LETTER / THIS LETTER MUST BE GIVEN TO AN OFFICER OF THE POST OFFICE TO BE REGISTERED, AND A RECEIPT…

  • 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…

  • 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;…

  • 3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 3

    3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 3

    New variant of the Queen Victoria overprint Date: 19th May to 13th August 1874 Stamp: 3d on 1/- green with Roman Capitals Overprint: THREE PENCE

  • 3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 2

    3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 2

    New variant of the Queen Victoria overprint Date: 31st March 1874 Stamp: 3d on 1/- green with fancy “P” Overprint: THREE PENCE

  • 3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 1

    3d on 1/- Green Provisional Surcharge Type 1

    Queen Victoria overprint Date: 12th March 1874 Stamp: 3d on 1/- green with plain “P” Overprint: THREE PENCE