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| Country: Bermuda Clear Subject: All | Sort: Newest listed first |
;) | BERMUDA postal history 1832 faded archive backed entire written "Hamilton 14th Sept 1832" to Darrell & Smith, Halifax, N.S. with poor St. George's 14 SE 1832 fleuron (PM2), marked rate by weight "1¼oz" and with 1/8 changed "1N10". Only four fleurons recorded on entires to Nova Scotia, all from the same faded correspondence £225 |
;) | ST. GEORGES, Bermuda postmark presumed forgeries, similar Type PM5, on QV 4d orange-brown CA wmk (SG.28a, Cat.£60 used) and QV ¼d on 1/-, the former showing smaller than normal dates slugs of "JUN 13", both strikes with tinge of blue in ink. Not previously seen. £36 |
;) | ST. GEORGES (normal watermark), Bermuda postmark (H1) B/JU 11 89 on normal watermark QV ½d stone Crown CC wmk (SG.19). This cds also dated B/JU 11 89 also exists on the QV ½d stone INVERTED CC wmk (SG.19w) £65 |
;) | A UNIQUE COMBINATION, Bermuda postal history The second earliest adhesive cover from St. Georges with short-lived K1 "1" plus STG cds combination: 1866 local cover front (peripheral faults) to Mrs Reginald Smith, Olive Bank, Warwick with 1st printing QV 1d rose-red CC wmk (SG.1) tied short-lived K1 "1" with STG cds (P5) dated 15 MR 66 alongside. Only 9 covers are currently recorded with K1 plus STG cds combination: one with 1d, four with 6d, four with 1/- adhesives. The earliest 1d cover with B/1 and STG cds (P5) combination is dated JY 21 67. £450 |
;) | PAGET EAST, Bermuda postmark FE 21 1913/A on 2½d (SG.48). £6 |
;) | BERMUDA stamps: 1903 QV 6d bright mauve P.14½ x 12 (SG.10a), fine used block of four pmk'd HAMILTON 18 (F)E 1904/A. £85 |
;) ;) | K3 "2" (handstamp II) used ST. GEORGE'S, Bermuda postal history The short-lived K3 "2" duplex (Handstamp II) dated A/NO 20 80 on 50% top half cover to Warwick West b/stamped Hamilton B/NO 20 80 and very poor K3a "8" arrival. This elusive Handstamp II recorded OC 21 1880 to DE 22 1880 £120 |
;) | LONDON S.W. postmark on BERMUDA stamp arrival dated F(E) 6 (7)7 on QV 6d (SG.7). £6 |
;) | HARRINGTON-SOUND, Bermuda postmark A/NO 17 1897/A on QV ½d (SG.21a). £28 |
;) | PAGET-EAST, Bermuda postmark A/DE 18 1899 on QV 1d (SG.23). £14 |
;) | ANTIGUA to BERMUDA postal history: 1889 part cover with pair QV 1d carmine-red (reg. fee), pair QV 4d chestnut (double UPU rate) pmk'd A/NO 7 89 via New York to Bermuda with Bailey's Bay K4a 12 A/DE 9 89 arrival duplex, some peripheral tears etc, intact this would have been a spectacular franking. £175 |
;) | 1943 censored cover to India pmkd Hamilton 6 FEB 43 showing m/script reg. label, damaged at left plus part back removed. £20 |
;) | 1953 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL u/m IMPERFORATE se-tenant pair. £32 |
;) | 1957 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL u/m se-tenant pair. £6 |
;) | 1958 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL u/m se-tenant pair. £3 |
;) | 1959 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL u/m se-tenant pair. £3 |
;) | 1962 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL u/m se-tenant pair. £6 |
;) | 1953 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh u/m block of four, printing crease. £6 |
;) | 1949 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh u/m block of four. £6 |
;) | 1946 BERMUDA CHRISTMAS SEAL fresh m.m. block of four. £6 |