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Tag: Perot
1970 Buildings of Bermuda Decimal Overprint
Decimalisation of the Buildings Definitives Date: 6th February 1970 Cachet: BERMUDA DECIMAL OVERPRINT FIRST DAY OF ISSUE FEBRUARY 6th, 1970 Stamps: 1c on 1d The Old Rectory, St. George’s c.1730; 2c on 2d Church of St. Peter, St. George’s; 3c on 3d Government House, 1892; 4c The Cathedral, Hamilton, 1894; 5c on 5d H.M. Dockyard;…
1959 Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary Inauguration
Commemorating the inauguration of Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary Date: 1st January 1959 Stamp: BERMUDA POSTAGE 6d W. B. Perot’s Post Office 1858 – Restored 1958 Type: First Day Cover Printed Cachet: First Day Cover To Commemorate the Inauguration of Bermuda’s 350th Anniversary. BERMUDA 1609-1959 350th ANNIVERSARY with Sea Venture and Cruise Ship Handstamped Cachet: Bermuda’s 350th…
1949 Perot Centenary Issue
Centenenary of the First Postage Stamp – The Perot Stamp Type: First Day Cover Stamped cachet: PEROT CENTENARY ISSUE / FIRST DAY COVER 11th APRIL 1949, BERMUDA Stamps: 2½d, 3d and 6d Perot Provisional and Easter Lilies THE PEROT STAMP CENTENARY OF FIRST POSTAGE STAMP CDS: 11APR49C ST. GEORGES BERMUDA Printed cachet: First Day Cover…
Perot Provisional
Bermuda’s first stamps Bermuda’s first postage stamps were produced locally in 1848 by Hamilton postmaster William B. Perot, consisting of the words “HAMILTON BERMUDA” in a circle, with the year and Perot’s signature in the middle. Known as the Perot provisionals and only eleven are still known to exist and The Queen has three of…