Tag: Queen Elizabeth II

  • World Wildlife Fund Monarch Butterfly Definitive First Day Cover

    World Wildlife Fund Monarch Butterfly Definitive First Day Cover

    New definitive issue for Bermuda Wildlife set World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover. First Day of Issue Official Commemorative Stamp of Bermuda. Type: World Wildlife Fund First Day Cover Date: 19th February 1979 CDS: 19FEB79B HAMILTON BERMUDA Cachet: WWF logo on reverse. Stamp: 30c Monarch Butterfly Danus plexippus wildlife definitive

  • 1979 Bermupex 79

    1979 Bermupex 79

    Bermuda Philatelic Society A series of stamp shows held in Bermuda from 1974 to 1980. Date: 17th February 1979 Type: Commemorative Cover CDS: BERMUPEX 79 17.2.79 HOLIDAY INN BERMUDA Stamp: 20c Coralita definitive. Holiday Inn Bermuda The Holiday Inn Hotel opened in 1973 in St George’s on a hill top close to the St. Catherine’s…

  • 1978 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part I

    1978 Bermuda Wildlife Definitive Part I

    New definitive wildlife issue Date: 15th November 1978 Stamps: 3c White-Tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus; 4c White-Eyed Vireo Vireo Griseus bermudianus; 5c Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialus; 8c Cardinal (Redbird) Cardinalis cardinalis and $5 Bermuda Petrel (Cahow) Pterodroma cahow Type: Official First Day Cover Cachet: BERMUDA WILDLIFE DEFINITIVE PART I. offical first day cover /release date: 15.11.78…

  • 1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation

    1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation

    Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Coronation H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Commemorating the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1953-1978 Bermuda First Day of Issue Date: 28th August 1978 Stamps: 8c Great Seal – Queen Elizabeth I; 50c Great Seal – Queen Elizabeth II; and $1 H.M Queen Elizabeth II Official…

  • 1977 Bermuda Piloting

    1977 Bermuda Piloting

    Celebrating the skills of the Bermuda Pilots Date: 26th September 1977 Stamps: 5c Heaving the lead – 17th Century Ship approaching Castle Island; 15c King’s pilot leaving ship – 1795; 17c Pilot Gigs racing out to 19th Century Paddle Steamer, 20c Pilot Gigs and “Harvest Queen” – late 19th Century; and 40c Modern Pilot Cutter.…

  • 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

    1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

    Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II Date: 7th February 1977 Stamps: 5c Her Majesty at Queens View; 20c The St. Edward Crown and $1 …sits down in her Chair of Estate Official First Day Cover Cachet: Silver Jubilee 1952-1977. Bermuda Official First Day Cover – 7th Feb 1977 Type: Official First Day Cover…

  • 1976 75th Anniversary Cricket Cup Match 1902-1976

    1976 75th Anniversary Cricket Cup Match 1902-1976

    Commemorating the Cricket Cup Match in 1902 Date: 16th August 1976 Cachet: FIRST DAY ISSUE 75th Anniversary CUP MATCH 16th AUGUST, 1976 Stamps: 5c Silver Trophy and Club Flags, 17c Badge and Pavilion St. George’s Club; 20c Badge and Pavilion Somerset Club and 25c Somerset ground. All 75th Anniversary Cricket Cup Match Somerset vs St. George’s…

  • 1976 50th Anniversary of the Bermuda Biological Station

    1976 50th Anniversary of the Bermuda Biological Station

    Commemorating the 50 years of Biological Station Type: Official First Day Cover Date: 29th March 1976 Cachet: Stamped – First Day of Issue 50th Anniversary Bermuda Biological Station 29th March, 1976 Stamps: 5c Launching of the Bathysphere from the Ready; 17c Bermuda Biological Station; 20c H.M.S.  Challenger, 1873 and 25c Beebe’s Bathysphere descent off Bermuda,…

  • 1975 Bermupex 75

    1975 Bermupex 75

    Bermuda Philatelic Society A series of stamp shows held in Bermuda from 1974 to 1980. In 1975 the venue was the Southampton Princess Hotel. Date: 29th November 1975 Type: Commemorative Cover Cachet: BERMUPEX 75 Bermuda Philatelic Society CDS: BERMUPEX ’75 29.11.75 SOUTHAMPTON BERMUDA Label: BERMUPEX–75, SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA Number: N0 1063 Stamp: 5c Poinsettia definitive. Southampton…

  • 1975 200th Anniversary of Gunpowder Plot 1775

    1975 200th Anniversary of Gunpowder Plot 1775

    Commemorating the Gunpowder Plot at St. George’s Date: 27th October 1975 Cachet: Printed – 200th ANNIVERSARY of GUNPOWDER PLOT at St. GEORGES 1775. AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. BERMUDA OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER. Stamped – First Day of Issue “200th Anniversary of Gunpowder Plot” 27th October, 1975 Stamps: 5c; 17c; 20c and 25c various scenes. Type:…