Tag: 1936

  • 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    Commemorating Beijing 2008 Date: 23rd July 2008 Stamps: Bermuda 10c Sprinting; 35c Swimming; 70c Equestrian and 85c Sailing Official First Day Cover Type: Official First Day Cover CDS: PEROT POST OFFICE 02 23.JUL08A BERMUDA Cachet: BERMUDA POST OFFICE Official First Day Cover Beijing 2008 Release Date: 23 July, 2008 Address: Postmaster General Bermuda Liner GAMES…

  • 1985 The Life and Times of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

    1985 The Life and Times of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

    Commemorating the Life and Times of The Queen Mother Date: 7th June 1985 Stamps: 12c The New Queen Consort, 1937; 30c At Buckingham Palace with all her grandchildren on her 80th birthday; 40c On her 83rd birthday at Clarence House and $1.50 Holding baby Prince Henry after his christening in 1984 Miniature Sheet: The Life…

  • 1938 King George VI Pictorial Issue

    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…

  • SS Monarch of Bermuda Paquebot New York

    SS Monarch of Bermuda Paquebot New York

    Posted on the High Seas Type: Commemorative Paquebot Cover Date: 4th December 1936 CDS: S.S. MONARCH OF BERMUDA POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS and DEC 4 NEW YORK N.Y. PAQUEBOT Cachet: TRANSATLANTIC SEAPOST 1906 – 1936 / Sponsored by Admiral Beatty Chapter 46 Hamilton Bermuda / With John Rodgers Chapter 26 Honolulu Hawaii U.S.C.S /…

  • 1936 HMS Apollo joins with the US Navy for Navy Day

    1936 HMS Apollo joins with the US Navy for Navy Day

    Celebrating Navy Day 1936 Date: 27th October 1936 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 27.OCT36? IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / 27 OCT 1936 MAIL OFFICE H.M.S. “APOLLO” Cachet: H.M.S. “Apollo” joins with the U. S. Navy Oct. 27 1936 in celebrating Navy Day. Cachet by Admiral Beatty Chapter, U.S.C.S. In compliment to National Cover Week Address: John Edward…

  • 1936 King George V Pictorial Issue

    1936 King George V Pictorial Issue

    New King George V pictorials Stamps depicting various scenes around Bermuda. Date: 14th April 1936 Cachet: PICTORIAL ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER 14th. APRIL 1936 BERMUDA Stamps: ½d Red Hole, Paget; 1d South Shore; 1½d South Shore and 2d Yacht Lucie; 2½d Grape Bay, Paget Parish; 3d Point House, Warwick Parish; 6d Gardener’s Cottage, Par-la-Ville, Hamilton;…

  • 1936 Visit of US Navy submarine USS Shark SS-174

    1936 Visit of US Navy submarine USS Shark SS-174

    USS Shark (SS-174) 1936-1942 – first US Navy all-welded submarine Type: Military Cover Date: 22nd March 1936 CDS: MAR 22 1936 U. S. S. SHARK. HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: M. R. HALL No. 10 1767 BEDFORD ROAD COLUMBUS, – OHIO AMERICAN NAVAL CANCELLATION SOCIETY Markings: SS174 and R?8GAP-*YS>FBC?/UK065TWZNHQ (reverse – may be code?) Address: Fred Blanchard,…