Tag: 2½d

  • 1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    Final day of the conference Date: 7th December 1953 Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 11-AM 7 DEC 1953 HAMILTON BERMUDA / COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Cachet: Bermuda CONFERENCE DEC. 4th-7th 1953 Address: Melborne Place, Devizes, Wiltshire Seal: Christmas Greetings 1953 BERMUDA Stamp: Queen Elizabeth 2/6d definitive Warwick…

  • 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue

    1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue

    First definitve stamps of the new Queen Date: 9th November 1953 Common Cachet: ER Queen Elizabeth II Issue FIRST DAY ISSUE 9th NOVEMBER, 1953 Stamps: ½d Bermuda Easter Lilies, 1d Perot Provisional and Arms of Bermuda, 1½d Bermuda Easter Liy, 2d Victory II Bermuda Racing Dinghy, 2½d Sir George Somers and Sea Venture, 3d Map…

  • Ocean Monarch Paquetbot Bermuda

    Ocean Monarch Paquetbot Bermuda

    Posted on the High Seas on the Ocean Monarch Type: Paquetbot Cover Date: 21st July 1952 CDS: 21JUL52B PAQUETBOT BERMUDA Cachet: OCEAN MONARCH POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS Address: Gustav J. Lund, 3861 Alhambra Way, Martinez, Calif., U.S.A. Stamp: Great Britain 2½d 1851-1951 Festival of Britain About the Ocean Monarch Ocean Monarch was built by…

  • 1949 Universal Postal Union 75th Anniversary Omnibus

    1949 Universal Postal Union 75th Anniversary Omnibus

    Commemorating the 75th anniversray of the UPU Date: 10th October 1949 Cachet Purple and Red: COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION FIRST DAY COVER 10th OCTOBER, 1949 Stamps: 2½d Universal Postal Union 1874-1949 Hermes, Globe and forms of transport; 3d Universal Postal Union 1874-1949 Hemispheres, Jet-powered Vickers and Steamer; 6d Universal Postal Union…

  • 1949 Perot Centenary Issue

    1949 Perot Centenary Issue

    Centenenary of the First Postage Stamp – The Perot Stamp Type: First Day Cover Stamped cachet: PEROT CENTENARY ISSUE / FIRST DAY COVER 11th APRIL 1949, BERMUDA Stamps: 2½d, 3d and 6d Perot Provisional and Easter Lilies THE PEROT STAMP CENTENARY OF FIRST POSTAGE STAMP CDS: 11APR49C ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Printed cachet: First Day Cover…

  • 1941 King George VI 2½d Pictorial Issue

    1941 King George VI 2½d Pictorial Issue

    New additional 2½d value added Date: 18th December 1941 Stamp: King George VI 2½d Grape Bay CDS: 18DEC41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Address Mr F. Collins Outerbridge, St. George’s, Bermuda  

  • 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…

  • 1937 Bermuda to New York Air Service RMA Cavalier First Flight

    1937 Bermuda to New York Air Service RMA Cavalier First Flight

    Commemorating the first flight between Bermuda and New York Cavalier was a Short Empire flying boat with the registration G-ADUU that had been launched on 21 November 1936 and delivered to Imperial Airways. In 1937, Imperial Airways and Pan American World Airways opened up a New York-Bermuda-London flying-boat passenger service. Imperial Airways used Cavalier on…

  • 1937 Coronation King George VI

    1937 Coronation King George VI

    Bermuda Coronation First Day Cover Bermuda issued an omnibus issue to commemorate the Coronation of King George VI on 12th May 1937. Date: 14th May 1937 Common Cachet: Stamped – CORONATION KING GEORGE VI. FIRST DAY COVER Stamps: Omnibus issue 12th May 1937 BERMUDA 1d, 1½d and 2½d Type: First Day Cover CDS: 14MAY37C HAMILTON…

  • 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 /…