Bermuda Stamps

Tag: Airmail

  • 1977 Bermuda Piloting

    1977 Bermuda Piloting

    Celebrating the skills of the Bermuda Pilots Date: 26th September 1977 Stamps: 5c Heaving the lead – 17th Century Ship approaching Castle Island; 15c King’s pilot leaving ship – 1795; 17c Pilot Gigs racing out to 19th Century Paddle Steamer, 20c Pilot Gigs and “Harvest Queen” – late 19th Century; and 40c Modern Pilot Cutter.…

  • 1968 XIX Olympic Games Mexico City Mexico

    1968 XIX Olympic Games Mexico City Mexico

    Commemorating the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico Date: 24th September 1968 Cachet: Printed – OLYMPIC GAMES 1968 BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER / Stamped – XIX OLYMPIC GAMES BERMUDA COMMEMORATIVE FIRST DAY COVER – SEPTEMBER 24th, 1968 Stamps: 3d; 1/-; 1/6 and 2/6 Olympic Games Mexico 1968 Football, Track & Field Events and Sailing. CDS: 24SEP68 HAMILTON…

  • 1956 50th Anniversary US Bermuda Ocean Race

    1956 50th Anniversary US Bermuda Ocean Race

    50th Anniversary of the Ocean Race Date: 22nd June 1956 Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER 22nd June, 1956. 50th ANNIVERSARY UNITED STATES – BERMUDA OCEAN YACHT RACE, 1956 Stamps: 8d White Tropic Bird Phaethon Flavirostris and 1/3d Bermuda map overprinted with 50th ANNIVERSARY U S – BERMUDA OCEAN RACE 1956 Type: Registered First Day Cover CDS:…

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Northern Route

    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…

  • 1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    Bermuda first overseas airmail Date: 22nd April 1925 CDS: Front – Blue and unclear. Cachet: Stamped – BERMUDA FIRST OVERSEAS AIRMAIL. Typed – By Air Mail by Air Ship Los Angeles from Bermuda to Lakehurst N. J. Address: Mr A. C. Roessler, 140 South Parkway, East Orange, N. J., U. S. A. Stamps: 2½d Ship…

  • 1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    1925 Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los Angeles

    Official airmail to Bermuda from USA Date: 15th April 1925 CDS: AIR MAIL SERVICE NEW YORK APR 15 1925 Receiving CDS: 22APR25C HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: VIA AIRSHIP LOS ANGELES FROM LAKEHURST, N. J. Address: Mr Joseph Wells, Hotel Belmont Manor, Warwick, Bermuda / The Home of the Postage Stamp, Jackson Heights, New York Stamp: United…