1965 First Super VC10 Flight Bermuda and New York

First New York–Bermuda BOAC air mail service using jet aircraft

Date: 2nd April 1965

Bermuda–New York

Type: First Flight Cover
CDS: -2APR85A HAMILTON BERMUDA
Cachet: B.O.A.C.’S SUPER V.C.10 / Commemorating The FIrst Super V.C.10 Flight Bermuda to New York / 2nd April – 1965
Address: Mr. L.J. Fountain, BOAC, c/o Commodore Hotel, 42nd Street, Park & Lexington
Air Mail Envelope: BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION, AIRWAYS HOUSE, BERMUDA / VIA AIR MAIL / BY AIR MAIL / PAR AVION
Label: B.O.A.C VC10
Stamps: Building of Bermuda 1d The Old Rectory, St. George’s, c.1730; 2d Church of St. Peter, St. George’s; 3d Government House, 1892; 4d The Cathedral, Hamilton, 1894

Backstamp: APR 2 1965 P.M. JAMAICA, N.Y. A.M.F. KENNEDY

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New York (GPO)–Bermuda

Type: First Flight Cover
CDS: APR 2 1 PM 1965 NEW YORK N.Y. G.P.O
Blue Cachet: First BOAC SUPER VC10 FROM NEW YORK TO BERMUDA APRIL 2 1965
Address: R.M. NAJAR, P.O. BOX 156, NOTRE DAME, IND.
Backstamp: 2 APR 1965 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO THE ISLES OF BEAUTY
Stamps: 3c U.S. Postage Liberty; 5c John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963 AND THE GLOW FROM THAT FIRE CAN TRULY LIGHT THE WORLD; 5c U.S. Postage Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

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New York (AMF)–Bermuda

Type: First Flight Cover
CDS: APR 2 1965 P.M. JAMAICA N.Y. A.M.F. KENNEDY
Magenta Cachet: First BOAC SUPER VC10 FROM NEW YORK TO BERMUDA APRIL 2 1965
Address: R. M. NAJAR, P.O. BOX 156, NOTRE DAME, IND.
Backstamp: 2 APR 1965 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO THE ISLES OF BEAUTY
Stamp: 13c US Air Mail Liberty Bell “Let Freedom Ring”

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New York (United Nations PO)–Bermuda

Type: First Flight Cover
CDS: APR 2 PM 1965 UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK / 20th ANNIVERSARY ICAO • OACI CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
Green Cachet: First BOAC SUPER VC10 FROM NEW YORK TO BERMUDA APRIL 2 1965
Address: Mr. W. O. Greenway, 216-03 43 Avenue, Bayside 61, N.Y.
Label: VIA AIR MAIL
Backstamp: -2APR65 HAMILTON BERMUDA
Stamp: 13c UNITED NATIONS – NACIONES UNIDAS – NATIONS UNIES Air Mail Correo Aereo