Tag: Perot Provisional

  • 1980 Rowland Hill and The Penny Post

    1980 Rowland Hill and The Penny Post

    140 years since the introduction of The Penny Post Date: 25th February 1980 Stamps: 8c Perot Provisional and Penny Black; 20c Perot Provisional and Rowland Hill; 25c Perot Provisional and early letter and 50c Perot Provisional and PAID 1 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: 25FEB80B PEROT POST OFFICE BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER…

  • 1958 9d denomination of Queen Elizabeth II issue

    1958 9d denomination of Queen Elizabeth II issue

    New 9d denomination Date: 6th January 1958 Cachet: “FIRST DAY ISSUE 9d DENOMINATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II ISSUE 6th JANUARY, 1958” Stamp: QEII 9d definitive Sea Venture, Pinnace Deliverance, Easter Lillies, Hog Penny, Perot Provisional Stamp Type: First Day Cover CDS: -6JAN58B HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: F. E. Merrill, Stamp Editor, GREELEY TRIBUNE & REPUBLICAN, Greeley,…

  • 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…

  • 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue

    1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue

    First definitve stamps of the new Queen Date: 9th November 1953 Common Cachet: ER Queen Elizabeth II Issue FIRST DAY ISSUE 9th NOVEMBER, 1953 Stamps: ½d Bermuda Easter Lilies, 1d Perot Provisional and Arms of Bermuda, 1½d Bermuda Easter Liy, 2d Victory II Bermuda Racing Dinghy, 2½d Sir George Somers and Sea Venture, 3d Map…

  • 1949 Perot Centenary Issue

    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…

  • Perot Provisional

    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…