Tag: Hamilton

  • 1988 Military Uniforms of Bermuda

    1988 Military Uniforms of Bermuda

    Commemorating Bermuda’s armed forces Date: 10th November 1988 Stamps: 18c Devonshire Parish Militia 1812; 50c 71st Regiment Highlander 1831-1834; 60c Cameron Highlander 1942; $2 Troop of Horse 1774 Official First Day Cover Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 10.NOV88A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: MILITARY UNIFORMS BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER Release Date: 10 Nov 1988 Address:…

  • 1988 Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary

    1988 Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary

    Commemorating 300 years of Lloyd’s of London Date: 13th October 1988 Stamps: 18c Loss of HMS Lutine, 1799; 50c Cable Ship ‘Sentinel’; 60c ‘Bermuda’ – caught fire, Hamilton 1931 and $2 ‘Valerian’ lost during hurricane 1926 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: HAMILTON 13.OCT88A Cachet: Lloyd’s Historic Silver Collection. Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary 1688-1988. Silver…

  • 1988 Old Garden Roses Part 1

    1988 Old Garden Roses Part 1

    Commemorating the old garden roses of Bermuda Date: 21st April 1988 Stamps: Bermuda Old Garden Roses 15c Old Blush; 30c Anna Olivier; 40c Rosa chinensis semperflorens; 50c Archduke Charles; $1.50 Rosa chinensis viridiflora Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 21.APR88A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: OLD GARDEN ROSES PART 1 Bermuda OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER Release Date…

  • 1987 Centenary of the Bermuda Telephone Company

    1987 Centenary of the Bermuda Telephone Company

    The 100th Anniversary of the Bermuda Telephone Company 1887 – 1987 Date: 1st October 1987 Stamps: BERMUDA Centenary of the Bermuda Telephone Company 1887 – 1987 15c Horse and cart carrying telegraph poles; 40c Early telephone exchange; 50c Early and modern telephones and $1.50 Communications setellite orbiting and fibre-optic. CDS: 01.OCT87A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA…

  • 1987 Bermuda Transport Part I Railway c1931-1947

    1987 Bermuda Transport Part I Railway c1931-1947

    The Bermuda Railway Date: 22nd January 1987 Stamps: 15c Front Street Hamilton c.1940; 40c Springfield Trestle; 50c No. 101 Pulling the St. George Special at Bailey’s Bay Station and $1.50 The Boat Train at St. George. The ‘Prince David’ alongside. Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 22.JAN87A PEROT POST OFFICE BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA TRANSPORT (PART…

  • 1986 Bermuda Shipwrecks Part II

    1986 Bermuda Shipwrecks Part II

    Second issue of the shipwreck definitves Date: 16th January 1986 Stamps: 7c Madiana Wrecked 1903; 20c San Pedro Wrecked 1594; 60c Mary Celestia Wrecked 1864; $1.50 Caesar Wrecked 1818; $2 Lord Amhurst Wrecked 1778; $3 Minerva Wrecked 1849. Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 20.MAR86B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: Bermuda Shipwrecks PART 2. OFFICIAL FIRST DAY…

  • 1986 Bermuda Shipwrecks Part I

    1986 Bermuda Shipwrecks Part I

    First issue of the shipwreck definitves Date: 16th January 1986 Stamps: 3c Constellation Wrecked 1943; 5c Early Riser Wrecked 1876; 10c Curlew Wrecked 1856; 12c Warwick Wrecked 1619; $8 HMS Pallas Wrecked 1783 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 16.JAN86A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: Bermuda Shipwrecks PART I. OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER Release date: 16th January…

  • 1985 The Life and Times of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

    1985 The Life and Times of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

    Commemorating the Life and Times of The Queen Mother Date: 7th June 1985 Stamps: 12c The New Queen Consort, 1937; 30c At Buckingham Palace with all her grandchildren on her 80th birthday; 40c On her 83rd birthday at Clarence House and $1.50 Holding baby Prince Henry after his christening in 1984 Miniature Sheet: The Life…

  • 1985 Bermuda Architecture

    1985 Bermuda Architecture

    Commemorating architecture in Bermuda Date: 24th January 1985 Stamps: BERMUDA 12c Buttery; 30c Rooftops; 40c Chimneys and $1.50 Archway Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 24.JAN85B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: Official First Day Cover BERMUDA Architecture Address: Paget, Bermuda BERMUDA ARCHITECTURE (With acknowledgement to Mr. John T. Adams M.A. (History & Art) Yale) Bermuda’s unique style…

  • 1984 Bermuda Coats of Arms Part 2

    1984 Bermuda Coats of Arms Part 2

    Further heraldic commemorative issues Date: 27th September 1984 Stamps: 12c Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624); 30c Sir Thomas Smith (1558-1625); 40c William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552-1626) and $1 The Town of St. George. Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 27.SEP84A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER 27th September 1984 BERMUDA…