Tag: Hamilton

  • 1959 Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary Inauguration

    1959 Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary Inauguration

    Commemorating the inauguration of Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary Date: 1st January 1959 Stamp: BERMUDA POSTAGE 6d W. B. Perot’s Post Office 1858 – Restored 1958 Type: First Day Cover Printed Cachet: First Day Cover To Commemorate the Inauguration of Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary. BERMUDA 1609-1959 350th ANNIVERSARY with Sea Venture and Cruise Ship Handstamped Cachet: Bermuda’s 350th…

  • 1958 Bermuda Royal Visit Last Day of Issue

    1958 Bermuda Royal Visit Last Day of Issue

    Last Day of Issue for Royal Visit issue The Royal Visit issue was replaced by the Perot Post Office issue the following day. Date: 31st December 1958 Stamp: Adapted 6d White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon flavirostris Queen Elizabeth definitive marked “ROYAL VISIT 1953”. CDS: 11-AM 31DEC 1958 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST…

  • 1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    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:…

  • 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 Black 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: Commemorative Cover CDS: 11-AM 18 JUN 1957 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME…

  • 1957 Queen Elizabeth II 3d and 1/3 Definitive Issue

    1957 Queen Elizabeth II 3d and 1/3 Definitive Issue

    Correction of Bermuda map definitives Date: January 2nd 1957 Stamps: Queen Elizabeth II definitives 3d and 1/3 with corrected Die II “Sandys Point” from previously incorrect “Sandy’s Point”. Colour variation. Type: First Day Cover CDS: -2JAN1957D HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: Mr Roger Wells, 7a Great Coates Road, Grimsby, England.

  • 1953 Bermuda Conference Three Power Talks

    1953 Bermuda Conference Three Power Talks

    Bermuda Summit overprints Date: 8th December 1953 Stamps: QEII Bermuda map 3d and 1/3d definitives overprinted “Three Power Talks December, 1953” Type: First Day Cover CDS: 8 DEC 1953 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: First Day Cover Three-Power Conference held in Bermuda December 1953 Address: Commander E.D. Bowie, St.…

  • 1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    Final day of the conference Date: 7th December 1953 Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 11-AM 7 DEC 1953 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Address: Melborne Place, Devizes, Wiltshire Seal: Christmas Greetings 1953 BERMUDA Stamp: Queen Elizabeth 2/6d definitive Warwick…

  • 1953 Bermuda Royal Visit November

    1953 Bermuda Royal Visit November

    Commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth II A special stamp adapted from the 6d White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon flavirostris Queen Elizabeth definitive marked “ROYAL VISIT 1953”. Date: 26th November 1953 Stamped Cachet: ER Royal Visit 1953 First Day Cover Stamp: QEII 6d White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon flavirostris Type: First Day Cover CDS: 26NOV53B ST.GEORGES BERMUDA Printed Cachet:…

  • 1953 Coronation Queen Elizabeth II Omnibus

    1953 Coronation Queen Elizabeth II Omnibus

    Commemorating the Coronation Date: 4th June 1953 Common Cachet: Stamped – ERII CORONATION QUEEN ELIZABETH II FIRST DAY COVER Stamp: 1½d Bermuda omnibus issue Type: First Day Cover CDS: -4JUN53B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Cachet: COMMEMORATING THE CORONATION OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH JUNE 2 1953 Address: John Lister Ltd. 186 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2 [hr]…

  • 1949 Universal Postal Union 75th Anniversary Omnibus

    1949 Universal Postal Union 75th Anniversary Omnibus

    Commemorating the 75th anniversray of the UPU Date: 10th October 1949 Cachet Purple and Red: COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION FIRST DAY COVER 10th OCTOBER, 1949 Stamps: 2½d Universal Postal Union 1874-1949 Hermes, Globe and forms of transport; 3d Universal Postal Union 1874-1949 Hemispheres, Jet-powered Vickers and Steamer; 6d Universal Postal Union…