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 HISTORY
The island is first mentioned on a Spanish map dated 1503. A Spanish adventurer, Juan de Bermúdez landed on the island in 1515. English settlers arrived on the island in 1612 and settled in what is now St George. St George is the oldest existing English settlement in the Western hemisphere. Letters, with no postal markings, are known from Bermuda from 1660. The first organised postal service was a private service organised by James Stockdale in 1784. This led to the establishment of a government service in 1811. William Perot, who was made postmaster in 1818, introduced the now famous "Perot" stamp in 1848. PHILATELIC SOCIETIES FOR COLLECTORS OF BERMUDA STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY Bermuda Collectors Society (USA) The Bermuda Collectors Society (BCS) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the study and exchange of information concerning all aspects of Bermuda philately. Since its founding in 1986, the Society has grown to a worldwide membership of over 200. British
Caribbean Philatelic Study Group (USA) British
West Indies Study Circle (UK) NEW ISSUES of Bermuda Stamps The Philatelic Bureau Bermuda
General Post Office 
SELECTED PAGES ABOUT BERMUDA STAMPS AND BERMUDA
POSTAL HISTORY
Bermuda Early History is in its Postage Stamps A Bermuda Philatelic Bibliography (Compiled by Michel Forand and Charles Freeland) Essays for the Human Rights Year Issue 1968 Yes, Bermuda King George VI Keyplates with Sheet Serial Numbers do Exist by Dennis Littlewort Identification of the Printings of the Bermuda 1953 Definitive Issue (Part V) by Robert L Kugel NASA Tracking Station Covers by John L Puzine Wanderings of a Philatelist by the Rev W G Iremonger (from Gibbons' Stamp Monthly Vol III, pp 223-225, September 1930) BERMUDA,
or, to give the islands their correct name, the Bermudas, are a group
of islands to the number of about three hundred, lying in mid-Atlantic,
about 580 miles from the nearest land in North Carolina; only some
fifteen of them are inhabited. The main island, Great Bermuda, is
fourteen miles long from south-west to north-east, and a mile wide in
most parts. lt resembles in shape an open snap-hook, with its mouth
towards the west, and the eye to the north-east.....
BERMUDA NUMERICAL POSTMARKS
BOOKS ON BERMUDA
PHILATELY AND BERMUDA POSTAL HISTORY
The
Airmails of Bermuda 1925-1989: A Specialized Catalogue and Illustrated
Price List Air Mails of Bermuda A Beginning Collection of Bar and Duplex
Cancels on the Victorian Stamps of Bermuda Bermuda:
The 1910-36 "Ship" Type Stamps Bermuda
by Air - A Handbook
and Catalog
of Bermuda Aerophilately Bermuda Civil Censorship World War I Bermuda, the Handstruck Stamps &
Cancellations Bermuda
King George VI
High Values - A Guide
to the Flaws & Printings Bermuda
Mails to 1865. An
Inventory of
the Postal Markings
by Michel Forand and Charles Freeland, publ British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, 1995, 118pp Some 650 entries; Date stamps, Paid Stamps, Ship Letter and Forwarding Agents. Packet arrival and departure dates for 1827, 1842-50 and 1850-54. Postal rates and an overview of the pre 1820 postal history. The Bermuda Packet Mails and the Halifax Bermuda Mail Service 1806 to 1886 by John C Arnell and Morris Hoadley Ludington, publ Postal History Society, 1989, 161pp, ISBN 0853770190 Gives details of dates of departure and arrival of each mail packet Bermuda: The Post Office, Postal Markings and Adhesive Stamps by Morris Hoadley Ludington, publ Robson Lowe, 1962, 297pp + 51 plates Addenda and Corrigenda, 1966, 4pp Supplement, publ Robson Lowe, 1968, 38pp + 14 plates Bermuda Registration Labels by Brad Arch, 1993, 24pp Illustrations of the numerous types with period of use and catalog numbers. Bermuda: A Study of the King George VI High Value Definitives - 12/6 Perf. 14 Wilson C K Wong, publ King George VI Collectors Society, 1989, 46pp British Empire Civil Censorship Devices, World War II, Trinidad and Tobago by Ron Wike, publ Civil Censorship Study Group, 1994, 80pp, ISBN 1872744117 Development, organization of the censor stations, the markings, labels, seals, permits, instructional markings and security devices, also covers censor numbers allocated to Jamaica and Bermuda Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1939-1953 Vol V, Bermuda & British Honduras by Robson Lowe, publ Robson Lowe, 1973, 104pp, ISBN 0853973245 First Flights of Bermuda & British Caribbean FAM Route by Charles E Cwiakala, publ British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, c1982, 35pp The
Furness Line to Bermuda The History of the Sailing Packets to the
West Indies Intercepted in Bermuda: The Censorship of
Transatlantic Mail during the Second World War The
King George V High Value Stamps of Bermuda 1917-38 The King George VI issue for Bermuda - the
1/2d to 1/6 values: an attempt to examine and evaluate new evidence The King George VI Large Key Type Stamps of
Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Nyasaland The King
George VI Large Key Type Revenue
and Postage High Value Stamps, 1937-1953
by Eric P Yendall, publ Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2008, 368pp The book deals with the KGVI high-value postage stamps of Bermuda, Leeward Islands and Nyasaland, as well as the high-value revenue stamps of Ceylon; Nyasaland; Straits Settlements, Malacca, Malaya, Penang and Singapore; and Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda. A detailed study of the stamps, varieties, postage rates and usages. The Postage Stamps of Bermuda by Bertram W. H Poole, publ D. Field, 1911, 39pp The Postage Stamps of Bermuda; with chapters on Postal Stationery by Henry Robert Holmes, publ Johnson, 1932, 93pp Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda Find this book at Biblio.com by Morris Hoadley Ludington, publ Quarterman, 1978, 446pp Includes bibliographical references and an index. This is a revision of the author's 1962 book "Bermuda: the Post Office, postal markings and adhesive stamps" and its 1968 Supplement together with additional new material. The Postal History of Bermuda Postal
History of Blockade
Running through
Bermuda During the American Civil War 1861-65 Regular Sea Communications with Bermuda to
1914 The Royal Mail Steam Packets to Bermuda and
the Bahamas 1842-1859 A Study of the Printings of the King George
VI Key-Type High Values of Bermuda, Leeward Islands & Nyasaland West Indian Censorship Devices
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