Tag: London

  • 1968 British Eagle Inaugural Flight return to London

    1968 British Eagle Inaugural Flight return to London

    First Bermuda to London air mail service by British Eagle Airlines Date: 1st May 1968 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: -1MAY68D HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: BRITISH EAGLE 91-4 9052 -4MAY1968 TICKET DESK LONDON Cachet: BRITISH EAGLE INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO BERMUDA BY BOEING 707 JET. SECOND CLASS AIRMAIL. Address: British Eagle International Airlines Ltd, 50-51 Conduit Street,…

  • 1965 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda

    1965 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda

    Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Scouting in Bermuda 1915-65 Date: 24th July 1965 Cachet: FIRST DAY COVER 24th July, 1965 COMMEMORATING 50th ANNIVERSARY BOY SCOUTING IN BERMUDA. Stamp: ISLANDS OF BERMUDA 2/- 1915-1965 Fifty Years of Scouting Official First Day Cover Cachet: BE PREPARED 1915-1965 50th ANNIVERSARY OF SCOUTING IN BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER CDS:…

  • 1964 Qantas inaugural service London to Sydney via Mexico

    1964 Qantas inaugural service London to Sydney via Mexico

    Return first flight by Qantas from London to Sydney via Mexico The Qantas ‘Fiesta’ route opened from Sydney to London via Fiji, Tahiti, Mexico City, Acapulco, Nassau and Bermuda in 1964 and continued till 1974-75. Date: 28th November 1964 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: 28NOV64A HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: SYDNEY 9-PM 12 30 NOV 12 1964…

  • 1964 Qantas inaugural service Sydney to London via Mexico

    1964 Qantas inaugural service Sydney to London via Mexico

    First flight by Qantas from Sydney to London via Mexico The Qantas ‘Fiesta’ route opened from Sydney to London via Fiji, Tahiti, Mexico City, Acapulco, Nassau and Bermuda in 1964 and continued until 1974-75. Date: 27th November 1964 Type: First Flight Cover CDS: 27NOV64 NADI AIRPORT FIJI Backstamp: 28NOV64A HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: BY AIR MAIL…

  • 1963 International Red Cross Centenary omnibus issue

    1963 International Red Cross Centenary omnibus issue

    Commemorating 100 years of the International Red Cross Date: 2nd September 1963 Cachet: INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, OMNIBUS ISSUE. FIRST DAY COVER 2ND. SEPTEMBER, 1963. Stamps: Bermuda omnibus issue 3d and 1/3 INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS CENTENARY 1863-1963 Type: OHMS First Day Cover CDS: -2SEP63B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Address: Mrs F. C. Outerbridge, “Durnford”, St. George’s, Bermuda…

  • 1960 BOAC First Flight Between London and Bogota

    London to Caracas route extension Date: 8th-11th January 1960 Cachet: BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION B.O.A.C Britannia JET-PROP AIRLINER. B.O.A.C FIRST FLIGHT BETWEEN LONDON AND BOGOTA CDS: 2-AM 8 JAN 1960 HAMILTON BERMUDA Backstamp: -9.1.60 CORREO AEREO BOGOTA 9. Address: Sales Manager, BOAC Central America, Carrera 5a, No. 15-11, Apartado Aereo 61-98, Bogota, Colomobia. Stamps:…

  • 1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    1958 BOAC First Flight Between London and Caracas

    BOAC Britannia Jet-prop airliner First flight from London to Caracas Venezuela via Bermuda. London, Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Caracas service by BOAC Britannia turbo-prop aircraft. This was the first BOAC service to South America since 1954 and the first ever between Europe and South America by a propellor-turbine powered aircraft. Type: First Flight Cover Date:…

  • 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…