Tag: 1938

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…

June 7, 1985
1938 First US Trans-Atlantic Air Mail

Via Bermuda Clipper Date: April 6th 1938 CDS: APR 6 6-AM PORT WASHINGTON 1938 Cachet: FIRST U. S. TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR MAIL PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.–BERMUDA VIA BERMUDA CLIPPER April 6th, 1938 Address: Howard C. Hofman c/o POSTMASTER, Hamilton, Bermuda. forwarding address on reverseside Stamp: UNITED STATES POSTAGE AIRMAIL 10c Reverse: Return Postage Guaranteed By Name:…

April 6, 1938
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…

January 20, 1938
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…

January 1, 1938