Tag: Great Britain

  • Operation Torch HMS Bermuda

    Operation Torch HMS Bermuda

    History of the Royal Navy Series Postmark: History of the Royal Navy Series -8 NOV 1990 PLYMOUTH DEVON Signed: Rear Admiral R. Llewellyn CB Stamp: Great Britain 22p Machin series stamp Operation Torch North African Landing – The Assault on Algiers 8th November 1942 HMS Bermuda French resistance stiffened during the forenoon of the 8th…

  • 1976 Tall Ships International Sail Training Races

    1976 Tall Ships International Sail Training Races

    Commemorating the Tall Ships Race 1st Race Plymouth-Tenerife 1,450 miles. 2nd Race Tenerife-Bermuda 2,530 miles. 3rd Race Bermuda-Newport 635 miles. Parade Newport-New York. Date: 15th June 1976 Handstamped Cachet: FIRST DAY OF ISSUE “TALL SHIPS RACE” 15th JUNE, 1976 Stamps: 5c Christian Radich Norway (cadet ship); 12c Juan Sebastian de Elcano Spain (cadet schooner); 17c…

  • RMS Carmania Paquebot Bermuda

    RMS Carmania Paquebot Bermuda

    Paquebot from Cunard RMS Carmania in Bermuda Type: Paquebot Cover Date: 16th April 1968 CDS: 16DEC68A PAQUEBOT BERMUDA Cachet: R.M.S. CARMANIA PAQUEBOT MAIL Address: Shirley, Southampton, Hants, England Stamp: Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II 4d POSTAGE & REVENUE About RMS Carmania RMS Carmania started life as RMS Saxonia, a British passenger liner built by John…

  • 1968 British Eagle Inaugural Flight to Bermuda

    1968 British Eagle Inaugural Flight to Bermuda

    First London to Bermuda air mail service by British Eagle International Airlines Date: 28th April 1968 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: 5.15PM 28APR 1968 CROYDON SURREY – REMEMBER TO USE THE POSTCODE Backstamp: BRITISH EAGLE 29 APR 1969 [sic] TICKET DESK BERMUDA Cachet: BRITISH EAGLE INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO BERMUDA BY BOEING 707 JET. SECOND CLASS…

  • RMS Caronia Paquebot

    RMS Caronia Paquebot

    Posted from the RMS Caronia Type: Paquebot Cover Date: 17th January 1961 CDS: 17JAN61B PAQUEBOT BERMUDA Handstamp: POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS R.M.S. “CARONIA” Address: Keresforth Hill, Barnsley, Yorks, England Stamp: Great Britain ERII 3d POSTAGE REVENUE About RMS Caronia RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line…

  • 1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    1953 Big Three Bermuda Conference

    United States, Great Britain and France Date: 4th December 1953 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: -4DEC53B ST.GEORGES BERMUDA Cachet: BIG THREE BERMUDA CONFERENCE UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE featuring Easter Lillies, three emblems and three flags. Address: Dr T.J. Mitchell, 41 Kelly Street, Greenock, Scotland Stamps: Queen Elizabeth 1½d definitive with Bermuda Easter Lily [hr] Type:…

  • Ocean Monarch Paquebot Cover

    Ocean Monarch Paquebot Cover

    Posted on the High Seas Type: Paquetbot Cover Date: 14th May 1951B CDS: 21MAY52B PAQUETBOT BERMUDA Cachet: OCEAN MONARCH POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS and FURNESS BERMUDA LINE Address: Gustav J. Lund, 3861 Alhambra Way, Martinez, Calif., U.S.A. Stamp: Great Britain ½d POSTAGE REVENUE