Postage stamps, booklets, flight, censored and maritime mail and philatelic covers of Bermuda for sale.
Bermuda philately remains very popular. Following the two large sales of the Ludington and Dickgiesser collections a good quantity of stamps and postal history is available on the market.
All serious Bermuda stamp collectors should purchase a copy of Ludington Postal history and stamps of Bermuda as well as The Bermuda Specialized Catalogue (2012). I would also recommend joining the Bermuda Collectors Society which produce an excellent quarterly journal. Secretary: John Pare, 405 Perimeter St, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin 52572, USA. EMail: pare16@mhtc.net Web: http://www.bermudacollectorssociety.com
Post and packing is extra but does not increase however many items are ordered. Inland £1, Europe and Overseas £3
![]() | 1833 (16 Nov) EL from London to Messrs Daniel Tucker in Bermuda carried privately to New York and then forwarded to Bermuda with good oval 'FORWARDED BY TUCKER & LAURIES NEW YORK' h/s in red. Rated 5d. Address panel overwritten with contemporary filing notes. | £90.00 |
![]() | 1833 (16 Nov) EL from London to Messrs Daniel Tucker in Bermuda carried privately to New York and then forwarded to Bermuda with good oval 'FORWARDED BY TUCKER & LAURIES NEW YORK' h/s in red. Rated 5d. Address panel overwritten with contemporary filing notes. | £90.00 |
![]() | 1845 (9 Apr) BERMUDA SHIP LETTER (S1) on EL from New York addressed to R.M. Higgs, St Georges. Rated 4d. Only 16 examples recorded. Ex Tucker. | £800.00 |
![]() | 1848 cover with enclosure from Bermuda to England written by Lt. William Armytage, R.N. serving on H.M.S. Vesuvius (a 4 gun wooden paddle sloop)in Bermuda. Rated 1/- and with London and Banbury cds b/stamps. Fine. The absense of any Bermuda postmark indicates that the ships bag containing the letter was delivered directly to the Velocity, the contract mail boat, which sailed on May 7 for Halifax. There it was transferred to Cunards America on May 13. Ex Osborn. | £60.00 |
![]() | 1848 (9 Jun) EL from London to Bermuda sent via Halifax, Nova Scotia with b/stamp and London ds in red. Rated 1/- and endorsed 'Via Liverpool p RM Steamer. Fine. | £50.00 |
![]() | 1854 (18 Aug) EL from London to N.J. Butterworth, Bermuda with London ds and red inspectors mark also boxed Liverpool ds and h/s 'd5' accountancy mark applied in Liverpool . Endorsed, 'Via Halifax.' | £120.00 |
![]() | 1854 (5 Sep) large EL from Plymouth to Royal Naval Hospital, Bermuda Unusually rated 13/5d due to high weight. Plymouth cds but without a Bermuda arrival mark. Lightly toned. Contains large two page legal document. | £75.00 |
![]() | 1856 (20 Jun) EL from London to N.J. Butterworth, Bermuda with London Paid cds overstruck by inspectors mark also boxed Liverpool ds and h/s '1d' rate mark applied in Liverpool (?). Rated 6d and endorsed, 'Via Halifax.' Interesting contents from the owners of a ship, 'The Mary Thomson,' bound for Bermuda suggesting possibilities for the captain once he has discharged his cargo, 'It is just possible you might be able to obtain a convict freight for this vessel....or she might go to the Turks Islands & load salt for Baltimore taking freight thence to Demerary.' | £80.00 |
![]() | 1880 (19 Mar) Bermuda 1½d postal stationery formular card (setting C), used to New York in 1885, tiny corner crease, fine. | £180.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda ½d postal stationery formular card (setting A), fine unused. | £24.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda ½d postal stationery formular card (setting B), on pale blue card, fine unused. | £24.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda ½d postal stationery formular card (setting B), on bright blue card, fine unused. | £24.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda ½d postal stationery formular card (setting C), used locally in 1885 with message on reverse. Small fault at base. | £240.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda 1½d postal stationery formular card (setting B), fine unused. | £30.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda 1½d postal stationery formular card (setting B), used to England in 1881 (17 Feb). Horizontal crease. Early use. | £60.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda 1½d postal stationery formular card (setting C), used to U.S.A. in 1884 with blue Hamilton duplex. Clean and attractive. | £180.00 |
![]() | 1880 Bermuda 1½d postal stationery formular card (setting C), used to U.S.A. in 1888 with black Hamilton duplex. Small corner creases. Message scrubbed out on reverse. | £90.00 |
![]() | 1885 U.S.A. 1882 5c on cover to Bermuda tied by New York duplex. Hamilton cds b/stamp. Faint toning. | £20.00 |
![]() | 1886 Gibraltar 1d stamp (SG2) unused, part o.g. Cat £85 | £8.00 |
![]() | 1887 F/S size O.H.M.S. Post Office Bermuda printed envelope endorsed 'Returned Dead Letter' addressed to 'The Honble Cavendish Boyle, Colonial Secretary' with Hamilton cds at top right. Small faults. | £40.00 |