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Category: King George VI
1941 Naval Operating Base Bermuda BR
United States Navy US Naval Air Base First official mail was sent on 14th July 1941. The Marine Barracks NOB Bermuda was opened after the Marine Detachment Bermuda was closed on July 13th 1941. This base was part of the Land Lease program which exchanged British Bases for US Ships. Type: Patriotic Cover Date: 9th…
1941 King George VI 3d Pictorial Issue
New stamp added to the Pictorial Issue Date: 16th July 1941 Stamp: 3d King George VI Pictorial featuring St David’s Lighthouse Type: First Day Cover CDS: 16JUL41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Address: Donald Outerbridge, York Street, St. George’s, Bermuda Stamps: 3d Block of four printer marginal “BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co., Ltd., NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND” and…
1941 Censor Cover
Wartime censorship of letter Type: Censor Cover Date: 12th May 1941 CDS: 12MAY41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Hand Stamps: T BERMUDA and CENTIMES 150 (Tax markings) Censor Label: B.C.1. OPENED BY EXAMINER 449 Label: AIR MAIL Address: Mrs Annette Sandilli, 71 Huyler Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A. Stamps: King George VI definitive pictorials 1½d Ships in…
1941 American Base Forces APO 802 First Day Postal Service
Commemorating the First Day of the Postal Service Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 5th May 1941 CDS: AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P.O. 802 MAY 5 5PM 1941 (front) SOUTH ENOLA MAY 9 1941 A.M. PA. (reverse) Cachet: First Day Postal Service Address: L. J. HEIM, South Enola, Pennsylvania Stamp: United States Postage 2c Two Cents De Catur…
Marine Det Bermuda BR First Day Postal Service
Commemorating the First Day Postal Service Date: 7th April 1941 Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: APR 7 A.M. 1941 MARINE SET. BERMUDA BR Cachet: UNITED STATES POSTMARKS – FIRST DAY POSTAL SERVICE – OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER – NATIONAL CACHET SOCIETY Address: Rev. Edw. Chapuran, 1430 So. 14 Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Stamps: United States…
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…
1938 FAM 17 First Flight Baltimore to Bermuda
Commemorating the First Flight of FAM 17 The first offical mail flight from Baltimore to Hamilton designated FAM 17 was on 16th March 1938, when the magenta cachet “UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT FAM 17 BALTIMORE – BERMUDA” featuring Bermuda map and aircraft silhouette between Easter Lillies was used. More about Airmail… Type: First…
1938 KGVI Key Plate Issues
High value key plate types 2/- Key Plate 2/6 Key Plate 5/- Key Plate 10/- Key Plate 12/6 Key Plate £1 Key Plate
1938 King George VI Pictorial Issue
New King George VI pictorials Stamps depicting various scenes around Bermuda to replace the King George V versions. Date: 20th January 1938 Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER JANUARY 20, 1938 BERMUDA Stamps: 1d South Shore; 1½d South Shore; 2d Yacht Lucie (light blue and sepia); 2½d Grape Bay, Paget Parish; 3d St David’s Lighthouse (black and…
1938 Registered Envelopes KGVI
New postal stationery items Type: Postal Stationery Registered Letter Issue date: 1938 Higgins & Gage: #C6a Embossed head of King George VI Type 4 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED (with serifs) Text: REGISTERED LETTER / THIS LETTER MUST BE GIVEN TO AN OFFICER OF THE POST OFFICE TO BE REGISTERED, AND A RECEIPT…