Tag: Newport

  • 1976 Tall Ships International Sail Training Races

    1976 Tall Ships International Sail Training Races

    Commemorating the Tall Ships Race 1st Race Plymouth-Tenerife 1,450 miles. 2nd Race Tenerife-Bermuda 2,530 miles. 3rd Race Bermuda-Newport 635 miles. Parade Newport-New York. Date: 15th June 1976 Handstamped Cachet: FIRST DAY OF ISSUE “TALL SHIPS RACE” 15th JUNE, 1976 Stamps: 5c Christian Radich Norway (cadet ship); 12c Juan Sebastian de Elcano Spain (cadet schooner); 17c…

  • 1936 USS Pike submarine shakedown cruise

    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…