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  • 1987 50th Anniversary of the Inaugural Bermuda Commercial Flights

    1987 50th Anniversary of the Inaugural Bermuda Commercial Flights

    50 years of commercial flights to and from Bermuda Date: 18th June 1987 CDS: 18.JUN87A HAMILTON BERMUDA Address: Crown Agents Stamp Bureau, St. Nicholas House, Sutton, England. Stamps: Bermuda 15c Sikorsky S-42B being moored after the inaugural flight from New York 18 June 1937; 40c Short S-23 ‘Cavalier’ which opened the Bermuda-New York route at…

  • 1983 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight

    1983 200th Anniversary of Manned Flight

    Commemorating the anniversary of the Montgolfiers 1783-1983 Date: 13th October 1983 Stamps: 12c First Flight over Bermuda – Curtis Jenny 1919, 30c First completed flight between U.S. & Bermuda – Stinson ‘Pilot Radio’ 1930, 40c First Scheduled Passenger Flight ‘Cavalier’ Short Empire Flying Boat 1937 featuring Bermuda Airport Imperial Airways and $1 ‘USS Los Angeles’…

  • 1957 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights Bermuda and USA

    1957 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights Bermuda and USA

    Commemorating the Anniversary of First Passenger Flights between Bermuda and the USA Cachet: 20th Anniversary of the First Passenger Flights between Bermuda and The United States 1937 – 1957. Imperial Airways (B.O.A.C.) June 16th, 1937 and Pan American Airways June 17th, 1937 Type: OHMS Commemorative Cover CDS: 17JUN57B HAMILTON BERMUDA Envelope: ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE…

  • 1937 Bermuda to Baltimore Imperial Airways First Flight

    1937 Bermuda to Baltimore Imperial Airways First Flight

    First official Bermuda-Baltimore air mail service by Imperial Airways Type: First Flight Cover Date: 18th November 1937 CDS: 3-PM 18 NOV 1937 HAMILTON BERMUDA – COME TO BERMUDA THE ISLES OF REST Backstamp: None Cachet: PAN AMERICAN PAA AIRWAYS SYSTEM 135 EAST 42nd STREET, NEW YORK CITY / FIRST AIR MAIL Bermuda to Baltimore VIA…

  • 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…