Bermuda Stamps

Tag: Pan American Airways

  • 1987 50th Anniversary of the Inaugural Bermuda Commercial Flights

    1987 50th Anniversary of the Inaugural Bermuda Commercial Flights

    50 years of commercial flights to and from Bermuda Date: 18th June 1987 CDS: 18.JUN87A HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, St. Nicholas House, Sutton, England. Stamps: Bermuda 15c Sikorsky S-42B being moored after the inaugural flight from New York 18 June 1937; 40c Short S-23 ‘Cavalier’ which opened the Bermuda-New York route at…

  • 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 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: OHMS Commemorative Cover CDS: 17JUN57B HAMILTON BERMUDA Envelope: ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE…

  • 1941 King George VI 7½d Pictorial Issue

    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…

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Northern Route

    1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Northern Route

    First Transatlantic Airmail First acceptance of mail via New York – Southampton service (northern route). The Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper flew across the Atlantic on a route from Southampton to Port Washington, New York with enroute stops at Foynes, Ireland, Botwood, Newfoundland, and Shediac, New Brunswick. The inaugural trip flew on June 24th 1939. Pan…

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route

    1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route

    First official airmail despatch from Great Britain First Official Airmail despatch from Great Britain to Bermuda. Pan Am initiated two transatlantic air service routes with the Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper.  The Southern Route operated via Bermuda and the Azores en route to Lisbon, Portugal and Marseille, France. See Northern Route… CDS: 1.15PM 30 MY 39…

  • 1937 Bermuda to Baltimore Imperial Airways First Flight

    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…