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Tag: Hamilton
1937 Coronation King George VI
Bermuda Coronation First Day Cover Bermuda issued an omnibus issue to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI on 12th May 1937. Date: 14th May 1937 Common Cachet: Stamped – CORONATION KING GEORGE VI. FIRST DAY COVER Stamps: Omnibus issue 12th May 1937 BERMUDA 1d, 1½d and 2½d Type: First Day Cover CDS: 14MAY37C HAMILTON…
1937 USS Case DD-370 Shakedown Cruise
Commemorating the shakedown cruise Date: April 19th 1937 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: APR 19 1937 A.M. U.S.S. CASE HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: COMMEMORATING the Shakedown Cruise OF THE U.S.S. CASE, DD-370 Commisioned at Boston Navy Yard On September 15, 1936 SPONSOR USCS 1280 Reverse Cachet: Frederick Horton U.S.C.S #1280 P.O. Box 390 Port Chester, N.Y Address:…
1936 USS Pike submarine shakedown cruise
US Submarine Pike visits Bermuda on its shakedown cruise Type: Warship Cover CDS: AUG 15 1936 P.M. U.S.S. PIKE. HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: SHAKEDOWN CRUISE U.S. SUBMARINE PIKE 1936 NEW YORK, JACKSONVILLE, NASSAU, TAMPA, PORT ARTHUR, VERA CRUZ, HAVANA, GUANTANAMO BAY, ST. THOMAS, HAMILTON, NEW LONDON, NEWPORT / ANCS ARGONAUTS Address: Eugene L. Mueller, 8012 Kimbark…
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;…
1936 Visit of US Navy submarine USS Shark SS-174
USS Shark (SS-174) 1936-1942 – first US Navy all-welded submarine Type: Military Cover Date: 22nd March 1936 CDS: MAR 22 1936 U. S. S. SHARK. HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: M. R. HALL No. 10 1767 BEDFORD ROAD COLUMBUS, – OHIO AMERICAN NAVAL CANCELLATION SOCIETY Markings: SS174 and R?8GAP-*YS>FBC?/UK065TWZNHQ (reverse – may be code?) Address: Fred Blanchard,…
1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles
Official airmail to Bermuda from USA Date: 15th April 1925 CDS: AIR MAIL SERVICE NEW YORK APR 15 1925 Receiving CDS: 22APR25C HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: VIA AIRSHIP LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST, N. J. Address: Mr Joseph Wells, Hotel Belmont Manor, Warwick, Bermuda / The Home of the Postage Stamp, Jackson Heights, New York Stamp: United…
1925 Airmail by Airship Los Angeles from Lakehurst NJ
First special flight of airship USS Los Angeles Date: 20th February 1925 CDS: AIR MAIL SERVICE, NEW YORK FEB 20 1925 Machine Cancel: NEWARK N.J. FEB19 12AM 1925 Cachet: A.C. ROESSLER EAST ORANGE, N.J The WRESTLER 140 SOUT PARKWAY Typed: AIR MAIL BY AIR SHIP LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST NJ Back Stamp: ST. GEORGES BERMUDA…
First World War Censor Cover
Censor cover to the USA Type: Censor Cover Date: 30th November 1914 CDS: 30NOV14-B11–AM HAMILTON BERMUDA Hand Stamps: Triangular ‘PASSED POSTAL CENSOR BERMUDA’ Address: Miss M. F. Atwood, Hotel Warwick, S. Carolina Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A Stamps: King George V Ship Type ½d and 2 x 1d Envelope Emboss: AB Hollis, Lily Bank,…
Perot Provisional
Bermuda’s first stamps Bermuda’s first postage stamps were produced locally in 1848 by Hamilton postmaster William B. Perot, consisting of the words “HAMILTON BERMUDA” in a circle, with the year and Perot’s signature in the middle. Known as the Perot provisionals and only eleven are still known to exist and The Queen has three of…