1971 Heath – Nixon overprints

Nixon and Heath meet in Bermuda Talks

Date: 20th December 1971
Stamps: HEATH – NIXON DECEMBER 1971 4c Bermudiana; 15c Passion Flower; 18c Coralita and 24c Morning Glory

First Day Covers

CDS: 20DEC71E HAMILTON BERMUDA
Typed Cachet: FIRST DAY ISSUE / HEATH – NIXON / MEETING – BERMUDA / 20th DECEMBER, 1971 / “OVERPRINT”
Address: Lt. Colonel D.R. Pudney, P.O. Box 957, Hamilton, Bermuda
Signed: WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

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CDS: 20DEC71C HAMILTON BERMUDA
Cachet: SPECIAL SOUVENIR COVER SUMMIT TALKS / HELD IN BERMUDA DECEMBER 20th – 21st 1971
Address: POB 1274

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CDS: 20DEC71C HAMILTON BERMUDA
Cachet: FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
Address: M. & N. HAWORTH, KING LANE, CLITHEROE, LANCS, BB7 1AA, ENGLAND

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About the Heath-Nixon Talks 20-21 December 1971

Since the Heath-Nixon era was dominated by the UK’s 1973 entry into the European Economic Community (EEC). The two leaders met on 20th December 1971 for two days of talks in Bermuda and issued a communiqué which restated that entry served the interests of the Atlantic Alliance. American observers voiced concern that the British government’s membership would impair its role as an honest broker, and that, because of the European goal of political union, the special relationship would only survive if it included the whole Community.

The two day talks in Bermuda finished with dinner on HMS Glamorgan.

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