New route from United Airlines Date: 10th April 1991 Cachet: First Flight from Washington to Bermuda U.S. Postal Service U.S. Postal Service UNITED AIRLINES CDS: WASHINGTON, DC 20066 APR 10 1991 Backstamp: AIR MAIL A.M.F. BERMUDA 10APR91A Address: Ms. Cristina Flagg, 4300 Sugarleaf Court, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Stamps: USA 50c Chester W. Nimitz
Tag Archives | First Flight
1983 British Airways Concorde First Flight Bermuda to Orlando
Concorde first flight from Bermuda to Orlando Date: 17th October 1983 Type: Official British Airways Cover CDS: 16.OCT83B HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: OCT 17 1983 ORLANDO, FL 328 / COVER NUMBER 32 OF 100 OFFICIALLY CREW SIGNED Printed Cachet: British Airways Concorde BRITISH AIRWAYS CONCORDE FIRST FLIGHT BERMUDA – ORLANDO OFFICIAL BRITISH AIRWAYS COVER / Flown […]
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’ […]
First Flight Eastern Airlines flight 806 Bermuda to USA 1973
Eastern Airlines flight 806 Bermuda to Newark, Atlanta, Daytona Beach and Miami Date: 1st May 1973 Bermuda to Miami Via Eastern Air Lines Inaugural Service from BERMUDA to MIAMI. Cachet: “FIRST FLIGHT May 1st, 1973 EASTERN AIRLINES flight 806 from Bermuda to Newark, Atlanta, Daytona Beach and Miami” in red No example available yet. American […]
1969 First Flight Boston to Bermuda Northeast Airlines
First air mail service between Boston and Bermuda Date: 14th March 1969 Bermuda to Boston Cachet: First Flight Bermuda to Boston Northeast Airlines featuring Bermuda silhouette (blue) CDS: 14MAR69B HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: PM MAR14 1969 BOSTON MASS. AIRPORT MAIL FACILITY Envelope: Northeast Airlines / Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts 02128 Address: Travelways, Hotel Robert Treat, […]
1968 British Eagle Inaugural Flight to Bermuda
First London to Bermuda air mail service by British Eagle International Airlines Date: 28th April 1968 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: 5.15PM 28APR 1968 CROYDON SURREY – REMEMBER TO USE THE POSTCODE Backstamp: BRITISH EAGLE 29 APR 1969 [sic] TICKET DESK BERMUDA Cachet: BRITISH EAGLE INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO BERMUDA BY BOEING 707 JET. SECOND CLASS […]
1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas
BOAC Britannia Jet-prop airliner First flight from London to Caracas Venezuela via Bermuda. London, Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Caracas service by BOAC Britannia turbo-prop aircraft. This was the first BOAC service to South America since 1954 and the first ever between Europe and South America by a propellor-turbine powered aircraft. Type: First Flight Cover Date: […]
1948 First Flight Trans-Canada Airlines Hamilton Montreal Toronto
Inaugural flight to Canada Hamilton–Montreal–Toronto by Trans-Canada Airlines. Cachet in violet. Poste Restante letters were backstamped 3 May at Montreal but no backstamp applied at Toronto. The service was bi-weekly with Canadair Four North Stars – one service to and from Montreal and one to and from Toronto. Type: First Flight Date: 1st May 1948 […]
1948 BOAC First Speedbird Constellation Flight Bermuda to New York
The flying boats are replaced 1948 18th January Hamilton–New York via BOAC First Speedbird Constellation, G-AHEN, RMA Baltimore flight; souvenir covers printed with inscription. Type: First Flight Cover Machine cancel: 1-PM 18th JAN 1948 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: B.O.A.C FIRST SPEEDBIRD CONSTELLATION FLIGHT / BERMUDA – NEW YORK […]
1947 FAM 33 Colonial Airlines New York Washington DC Bermuda
First Flight of FAM 33 Hamilton–New York–Washington by Colonial Airlines. Cachet: Purple – WASHINGTON – NEW YORK – COLONIAL AIRLINES INAUGUAL FLIGHT AUGUST 1st 1947 Date: August 1st 1947 Return flight westbound Bermuda to Washington DC CDS: -1AUG47A HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: Mr. Sigmund Janas, President, Colonial Airlines, Inc., 223 Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C. Envelope: […]
