Bermuda Stamps

Tag: King George VI

  • Registered Airmail 2/6 Key Plate on piece

    Registered Airmail 2/6 Key Plate on piece

    KGVI 2/6 key plate Passed by Censor Type: Registered Airmail on Piece Date: March 13 1943 CDS: 13MAR43 HAMILTON BERMUDA and 3 PASSED BY CENSOR BERMUDA Registration: G. P. O.–HAMILTON BERMUDA 1031 Label: BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION Stamp: KGVI 2/6 Key Plate

  • 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  

  • 1941 Naval Operating Base Bermuda BR

    1941 Naval Operating Base Bermuda BR

    United States Navy US Naval Air Base First official mail was sent on 14th July 1941. The Marine Barracks NOB Bermuda was opened after the Marine Detachment Bermuda was closed on July 13th 1941. This base was part of the Land Lease program which exchanged British Bases for US Ships. Type: Patriotic Cover Date: 9th…

  • 1941 King George VI 3d Pictorial Issue

    1941 King George VI 3d Pictorial Issue

    New stamp added to the Pictorial Issue Date: 16th July 1941 Stamp: 3d King George VI Pictorial featuring St David’s Lighthouse Type: First Day Cover CDS: 16JUL41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Address: Donald Outerbridge, York Street, St. George’s, Bermuda Stamps: 3d Block of four printer marginal “BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co., Ltd., NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND” and…

  • 1941 American Base Forces APO 802 First Day Postal Service

    1941 American Base Forces APO 802 First Day Postal Service

    Commemorating the First Day of the Postal Service Type: Commemorative Cover Date: 5th May 1941 CDS: AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P.O. 802 MAY 5 5PM 1941 (front) SOUTH ENOLA MAY 9 1941 A.M. PA. (reverse) Cachet: First Day Postal Service Address: L. J. HEIM, South Enola, Pennsylvania Stamp: United States Postage 2c Two Cents De Catur…

  • 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…

  • 1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route

    1939 Pan Am First Transatlantic Airmail Southern Route

    First official airmail despatch from Great Britain First Official Airmail despatch from Great Britain to Bermuda. Pan Am initiated two transatlantic air service routes with the Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper.  The Southern Route operated via Bermuda and the Azores en route to Lisbon, Portugal and Marseille, France. See Northern Route… CDS: 1.15PM 30 MY 39…

  • 1938 FAM 17 First Flight Baltimore to Bermuda

    1938 FAM 17 First Flight Baltimore to Bermuda

    Commemorating the First Flight of FAM 17 The first offical mail flight from Baltimore to Hamilton designated FAM 17 was on 16th March 1938, when the magenta cachet “UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIRST FLIGHT FAM 17 BALTIMORE – BERMUDA” featuring Bermuda map and aircraft silhouette between Easter Lillies was used. More about Airmail… Type: First…

  • 1938 KGVI Key Plate Issues

    1938 KGVI Key Plate Issues

    High value key plate types 2/- Key Plate   2/6 Key Plate   5/- Key Plate   10/- Key Plate   12/6 Key Plate   £1 Key Plate  

  • 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…