Bermuda Stamps

Tag: Portugal

  • 1939 Acceptance of Azores Souvenir Mail to Bermuda via PAA Southern Route

    PAA US – Europe Southern Route Date: 24th September 1939 CDS: CORR0ETELo HORTA 24.SET.39 Cachet: PRIMEIRO VOO TRANS-ATLANTICO HORTA-BERMUDA / HORTA, FAIAL, ACORES Address: Mr. R.A. Mackey, c/o Western Union, Horta, Fayal, Azores. Label: Par Avion By Air Mail FORM 2978 Typed: FIRST MAIL-FLIGHT / VIA HORTA BERMUDA Stamps: Portugal Correio Aereo 1$75; 1$00 and…

  • 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…