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Tag: Hamilton
1949 Perot Centenary Issue
Centenenary of the First Postage Stamp – The Perot Stamp Type: First Day Cover Stamped cachet: PEROT CENTENARY ISSUE / FIRST DAY COVER 11th APRIL 1949, BERMUDA Stamps: 2½d, 3d and 6d Perot Provisional and Easter Lilies THE PEROT STAMP CENTENARY OF FIRST POSTAGE STAMP CDS: 11APR49C ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Printed cachet: First Day Cover…
1948 Silver Wedding Anniversary
25 years of marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Date: 1st December 1948 Type: First Day Cover CDS: -1DEC48C ST. GEORGE’S BERMUDA Cachet: First Day Cover 25 Silver Wedding Anniversary, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth 1923 – 1948 Address: Antilles Stamp Co., P.O. Box 59, St. George’s, Bermuda, B.W.I. Stamps: KGVI 1923-1948…
Registered Airmail 2/6 Key Plate on piece
KGVI 2/6 key plate Passed by Censor Type: Registered Airmail on Piece Date: March 13 1943 CDS: 13MAR43 HAMILTON BERMUDA and 3 PASSED BY CENSOR BERMUDA Registration: G. P. O.–HAMILTON BERMUDA 1031 Label: BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION Stamp: KGVI 2/6 Key Plate
1941 King George VI 7½d Pictorial Issue
New Seven Pence Half-Penny definitive Date: 18th December 1941 Stamp: King George VI BERMUDA 7½d Pictorial Issue featuring White-tailed Tropicbird, Arms of Bermuda and native flower Type: First Day Cover CDS: 18DEC41A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: 7½d FIRST DAY COVER BERMUDA 18th DEC. 1941 featuring two clippers in purple Label: TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR MAIL VIA PAN AMERICAN…
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…
1941 Censor Cover
Wartime censorship of letter Type: Censor Cover Date: 12th May 1941 CDS: 12MAY41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Hand Stamps: T BERMUDA and CENTIMES 150 (Tax markings) Censor Label: B.C.1. OPENED BY EXAMINER 449 Label: AIR MAIL Address: Mrs Annette Sandilli, 71 Huyler Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A. Stamps: King George VI definitive pictorials 1½d Ships in…
1938 FAM 17 First Flight Baltimore to Bermuda
Commemorating the First Flight of FAM 17 The first offical mail flight from Baltimore to Hamilton designated FAM 17 was on 16th March 1938, when the magenta cachet “UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT FAM 17 BALTIMORE – BERMUDA” featuring Bermuda map and aircraft silhouette between Easter Lillies was used. More about Airmail… Type: First…
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…
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
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…