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1980 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
Commemorating the Finance Ministers Meeting Date: 24th September 1980 Stamps: 8c Bermuda via satellite; 20c Camden; 25c Princess Hotel, Hamilton and 50c Government House Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: MANGROVE BAY 24SEP80 BERMUDA Cachet: Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting 1980. Bermuda. Official First Day Cover. Release date: 24th September 1980 Address: Postmaster Mangrove P.O. Reverse:…
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…
1980 London 1980
Official First Day Cover London 1980 Date: 6th May 1980 Stamps: 25c British Airways Tristar-500 – Approaching Bermuda from West 1980; 50c SS “Orduna” Grassy Bay 1926; $1 “Delta” St. George’s Harbour 1856 and $2 “Lord Sidmouth” Old Ship Channel St. George’s 1818 Type: Offical First Day Cover / Presentation Cover CDS: -6MAY80B HAMILTON BERMUDA…
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 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…
1978 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part I
New definitive wildlife issue Date: 15th November 1978 Stamps: 3c White-Tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus; 4c White-Eyed Vireo Vireo Griseus bermudianus; 5c Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialus; 8c Cardinal (Redbird) Cardinalis cardinalis and $5 Bermuda Petrel (Cahow) Pterodroma cahow Type: Official First Day Cover Cachet: BERMUDA WILDLIFE DEFINITIVE PART I. offical first day cover /release date: 15.11.78…
1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation
Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Coronation H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Commemorating the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1953-1978 Bermuda First Day of Issue Date: 28th August 1978 Stamps: 8c Great Seal – Queen Elizabeth I; 50c Great Seal – Queen Elizabeth II; and $1 H.M Queen Elizabeth II Official…
1977 Bermuda Piloting
Celebrating the skills of the Bermuda Pilots Date: 26th September 1977 Stamps: 5c Heaving the lead – 17th Century Ship approaching Castle Island; 15c King’s pilot leaving ship – 1795; 17c Pilot Gigs racing out to 19th Century Paddle Steamer, 20c Pilot Gigs and “Harvest Queen” – late 19th Century; and 40c Modern Pilot Cutter.…
1977 Centenary of Membership of the Universal Postal Union
Centenary of UPU Membership Date: 20th June 1977 Stamps: CENTENARY OF U.P.U MEMBERSHIP 5c Stockdale House, St. George’s c. 1784-1812; 15c Perot Post Office; 17c St. George’s Post Office c. 1860; 20c Old General Post Office, Hamilton c. 1935; 40c New G.P.O Hamilton, 1967 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 20JUN77B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: 1877-1977…