1965 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda

Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda 1915-65

Date: 24th July 1965
Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER 24th July, 1965 COMMEMORATING 50th ANNIVERSARY BOY SCOUTING IN BERMUDA.
Stamp: ISLANDS OF BERMUDA 2/- 1915-1965 Fifty Years of Scouting

Official First Day Cover

Cachet: BE PREPARED 1915-1965 50th ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER

CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA 24JUL65
Address: H.D. Tucker, Esq., Brown’s Town, Jamaica W.I.
Signed: To Douglas Tucker OBE W J Harrington Designer

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CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA 24JUL65
Address: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, 4 Millbank, London SW1

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CDS: WARWICK BERMUDA 24JUL65B
Cachet: BE PREPARED 1915-1965 50th ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER
Address: R.T. Wright, 154 Garden Street, Bedford, Ohio, U.S.A

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CDS: SOUTHAMPTON BERMUDA 24JUL65B
Cachet: BE PREPARED 1915-1965 50th ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER
Address: R.T. Wright, 154 Garden Street, Bedford, Ohio, U.S.A

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Other First Day Covers

CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA 24JUL65 Reverse: JULY 29 1965 PLAINFIELD N. J. NETHERWOOD STA.
Cachet: COMMEMORATING GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BERMUDA FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / C. GEORGE
Registration Label: G.P.O. Hamilton, Bermuda No 1041
Address: Charles W. George, 1135 Park Terrace, Plainfield, N. J., U. S. A. 07062

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CDS: HAMILTON BERMUDA 24JUL65
Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER 50th ANNIVERSARY OF BOY SCOUTING 24th July, 1965
Address: J. Chin Aleong, 48, Chacon St., San Fernando, Trinidad W.I

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CDS: ST. GEORGES BERMUDA 24JUL65B
Address: C. J. Skinner, Esq., 21, Warwick Street, London W1
Reverse: The Hawes Inn, South Queensferry

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Technical Information

Designer: Staff artists of Harrison & Sons, from original drawings by William Harrington
Printer: Harrison & Sons
Process: Photogravure
Panes: 60 stamps (12×5)
Perforations: 12½
Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA (MECA)
Quantity: 55,975