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Tag: November
1953 Queen Elizabeth II Definitive Issue
First definitve stamps of the new Queen Date: 9th November 1953 Common Cachet: ER Queen Elizabeth II Issue FIRST DAY ISSUE 9th NOVEMBER, 1953 Stamps: ½d Bermuda Easter Lilies, 1d Perot Provisional and Arms of Bermuda, 1½d Bermuda Easter Liy, 2d Victory II Bermuda Racing Dinghy, 2½d Sir George Somers and Sea Venture, 3d Map…
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…
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 HMS Apollo with the Cortege of the Late Ramsay McDonald
Commemorating HMS Apollo departing Bermuda Date: 16th November 1937 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: 16NOV37A IRELAND ISLAND BERMUDA / 16 NOV 1937 MAIL OFFICE H.M.S. “APOLLO” Cachet: H.M.S. “Apollo” Departs Bermuda for Plymouth, England with the cortege of the late Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay McDonald Address: R.L Burkholder, 521 West Seaside Boulevard, Long Beach, California U.S.A…
First World War Censor Cover
Censor cover to the USA Type: Censor Cover Date: 30th November 1914 CDS: 30NOV14-B11–AM HAMILTON BERMUDA Hand Stamps: Triangular ‘PASSED POSTAL CENSOR BERMUDA’ Address: Miss M. F. Atwood, Hotel Warwick, S. Carolina Avenue, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A Stamps: King George V Ship Type ½d and 2 x 1d Envelope Emboss: AB Hollis, Lily Bank,…