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Tag: May
1980 Bermuda Miss World
Commemorating Miss Bermuda’s Miss World win Gina Swainson was the official representative of Bermuda to the 1979 Miss World pageant held at the Albert Hall in London on November 15, 1979, she captured the crown of Miss World. Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in Gina’s honour and she was depicted on…
1980 London 1980
Official First Day Cover London 1980 Date: 6th May 1980 Stamps: 25c British Airways Tristar-500 – Approaching Bermuda from West 1980; 50c SS “Orduna” Grassy Bay 1926; $1 “Delta” St. George’s Harbour 1856 and $2 “Lord Sidmouth” Old Ship Channel St. George’s 1818 Type: Offical First Day Cover / Presentation Cover CDS: -6MAY80B HAMILTON BERMUDA…
1979 Bermuda Antique Maps
Commemorating the Antique Maps of Bermuda Date: 14th May 1979 Stamps: 8c Map by George SOMERS 1609, 15c Maps John SELLER 1685; 20c Map by H. Moli, 1729-1740; 25c Map by Desbruslins 1740 and 50c Map by Speed 1626 Official First Day Covers Cachet: BERMUDA Antique Maps OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER Release date 14th May…
1971 Deliverance 1610
Commemorating “Deliverance” 1610 Date: 10th May 1971 Cachet: First Day Issue “Deliverance” 1610 10th May, 1971 Stamps: Bermuda 4c Building of Deliverance 1609-1610; 15c Deliverance and Patience arrive in Jamestown Virginia 1610; 18c Wreck of the Sea Venture 1609 and 24c Deliverance and Patience 1610 Official First Day Covers Cachet: BERMUDA Deliverance OFFICIAL FIRST DAY…
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 International Telecommunications Union Centenary
Bermuda ITU Omnibus Issue Date: 17th May 1965 Cachet: “INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION CENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE” OMNIBUS ISSUE FIRST DAY COVER 17th MAY, 1965. Stamps: 2/- and 3d Bermuda INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION CENTENARY – 1865 – 1965 Omnibus Issue Type: Collectors 1st Day Cover CDS: 17MAY65 HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION CENTENARY – BERMUDA – 1965 [hr]…
1955 8d addition to QEII definitive issues
White-tailed Tropicbird 8d definitive Date: 16th May 1955 Cachet: First Day Issue 8d Addition to Queen Elizabeth II Issue 16th May, 1955 Stamp: 8d White-Tailed Tropicbird, Phaeton flavirostris Type: First Day Cover CDS: 16MAY55B HAMILTON BERMUDA Registration Label: G.P.O. Hamilton Bermuda No 0807 Address: Mr Roger Wells, 7a Great Coates Road, Grimsby, England [hr] Type:…
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
1948 First Flight Trans-Canada Airlines Hamilton Montreal Toronto
Inaugural flight to Canada Hamilton–Montreal–Toronto by Trans-Canada Airlines. Cachet in violet. Poste Restante letters were backstamped 3 May at Montreal but no backstamp applied at Toronto. The service was bi-weekly with Canadair Four North Stars – one service to and from Montreal and one to and from Toronto. Type: First Flight Date: 1st May 1948…
1941 Censor Cover
Wartime censorship of letter Type: Censor Cover Date: 12th May 1941 CDS: 12MAY41B ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Hand Stamps: T BERMUDA and CENTIMES 150 (Tax markings) Censor Label: B.C.1. OPENED BY EXAMINER 449 Label: AIR MAIL Address: Mrs Annette Sandilli, 71 Huyler Street, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A. Stamps: King George VI definitive pictorials 1½d Ships in…