Bermuda
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6 AUGUST 1914 / A scarce First Day of War usage of the Ludington CM11 postal card, sent from Hamilton, Bermuda to New York and addressed to Miss Holmes. Franked with a ½d (SG 45) and neatly tied by twin ‘HAMILTON / 6
AUG 1914 / BERMUDA’ cds, two days after Britain declared war on Germany. Censored with the distinctive ‘PASSED J.P.H. / CENSOR BERMUDA / 1914’ (CM11) handstamp, bearing the initials of censor John Pierce Hand within the marking.The reverse
features a charming illustration of the Overlook estate in Paget. A remarkable and historically resonant card marking the outbreak of World War I. Fine to Very Fine. Est $300-$350 (Image) (image2)
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6 NOVEMBER 1942 / Bermuda OHMS Censor Cover to New York. Stampless On His Majesty’s Service cover from the ‘Chief Censor, Bermuda’ to New York City, showing the earliest recorded date of use with red triple “PASSED BY
CENSOR / 41 / BERMUDA” handstamp and black ‘HAMILTON/ 6 Nov 42 / BERMUDA’ cds. A scarce and historically significant WWII censorship item from Bermuda. Fine to Very Fine. Est $400-$450 (Image) (image2)
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20 OCTOBER 1916 / 2½d (SG 48) cover to Pennsylvania, cancelled by ‘HAMILTON / 20 OCT 16 / BERMUDA’ Ludington machine cancel Type M1. It bears the red Postal Censor Type CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ handstamp, introduced in
1916 and used briefly during the early period of World War I censorship before being replaced by later violet and blue strikes.The red ink is particularly scarce, as most examples from this period were applied in dull violet or grey-blue. A fine
and appealing Bermuda World War I censored cover, combining an early machine cancel with a rare red censor marking. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image) (image2)
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29 SEPTEMBER 1916 / Official stampless cover to Spanish Point endorsed ‘On His Majesty’s Service’ and marked ‘Colonial Secretary, Bermuda’ Cancelled with ‘HAMILTON / 29 SEP 16 / BERMUDA’ machine cancel Type M1 and
struck with the violet CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp. Official mail was not subject to postage but remained open to censorship during World War I, particularly correspondence from government offices.Spanish Point wasn’t a major hub, so
mail addressed there, especially official government correspondence like OHMS covers, is relatively scarce. Fine to Very Fine. Est $80-$90 (Image) (image2)
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3 FEBRUARY 1916 / Inbound cover from British Guiana, franked with a pair of 2c (SG 260) and carried by the R.M.S.P. Chignecto. The vessel arrived in Bermuda on 18 February 1916 from the West Indies before continuing
north to St. John’s, New Brunswick the following day. Mail from the Caribbean to Bermuda during this period is not commonly encountered, particularly with identifiable ship carriage.A fine example of intercolonial mail routed via the Royal Mail
Steam Packet service during World War I. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image) (image2)
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2 MARCH 1917 / Cover from Bermuda to Boston, Massachusetts, carried on the S.S. Bermudian and franked with a 2½d (SG 48) tied by Ludington H9 cancel and struck with a purple, CM15 ‘P.C. / BERMUDA’ censor handstamp
applied during World War I. Mail carried on the Bermudian, the island’s principal mail and passenger vessel to North America, is seldom seen with censorship markings, making this a desirable example of early transatlantic wartime mail from Bermuda.
Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$50 (Image) (image2)
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10 OCTOBER 1939 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to Chicago, Illinois. Airmail cover franked with 6d (SG 104), tied by Hamilton circular datestamp and struck with the scarce green Type CM21 ‘PASSED BY / 8 / BERMUDA’ censor
handstamp. This marking was among the earliest used by Bermuda’s Censorship Office, introduced within weeks of the outbreak of World War II in September 1939.The green ink was employed only briefly before being replaced by the more familiar purple
and black strikes, making early examples particularly desirable. Fine to Very Fine. Est $60-$70 (Image)
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2 OCTOBER 1939 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to Loring Lane Co., New York City. Commercial cover from Master’s Hardware Co., franked with 2½d (SG 113) tied by a Hamilton cds, and struck with the green Type CM21 ‘PASSED BY / 8 /
BERMUDA’ censor handstamp. Sent just a month after the outbreak of World War II, this is an early example of Bermuda’s censorship in operation, green ink was used only during the initial weeks before purple and black became standard.Business
correspondence from this period is notably scarce, as censorship was still being organized under the newly established Imperial Censorship Detachment in Hamilton. Fine to Very Fine. Est $40-$60 (Image) (image2)
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31 DECEMBER 1940 / Registered letter No. 0745 from St. George’s, Bermuda, to Montreal, Canada. Sent on a ‘BERMUDA REGISTRATION / 3 PENCE’ envelope and franked with two ½d on 1d black surcharge Type 30 blocks-of-four (SG
122), all tied by clear ‘ST. GEORGES / 31 DEC 40 / BERMUDA’ circular datestamps. The cover bears the green circular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 23 / BERMUDA’ marking, one of the less common censor handstamps used during the height of Bermuda’s wartime
censorship operations. The front also shows a purple ‘NATIONAL REVENUE POSTAL BRANCH / 5 / 3 JAN 1941 / En française de Droit / DUTY FREE / MONTREAL P.Q.’ marking applied upon arrival.Reverse with ‘NEW YORK N.Y. / 1-2 1941 / REG’Y. DIV.’ and
‘NOTRE DAME DE GRACE STATION / JA 3 41 / MONTREAL’ datestamps. A remarkable transatlantic registered letter combining censorship, customs, and postal markings from three jurisdictions: Bermuda, the United States, and Canada. Fine to Very Fine. Est
$200-$250 (Image) (image2)
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11 JANUARY 1941 / St. George’s, Bermuda, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ½d postal card H&G 16, uprated with 1d (SG 110) and ½d (SG 122). Struck with green ‘PASSED BY / 35 / BERMUDA’ CM35 censor handstamp and M6 cancellation.
A very fine example of Bermuda wartime censorship on uprated postal stationery. Fine to Very Fine. BCS $400. Est $300-$400 (Image) (image2)
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2 SEPTEMBER 1939 / Illustrated Sightseeing in Bermuda postal card to Greenwich, Connecticut, franked with 1½d (SG 111). Struck with ‘PASSED BY / 2 / BERMUDA’ CM2 censor handstamp, one of the earliest Bermuda censorship
markings recorded, dated just one day before Britain declared war on Germany.Numbers 1–50 were issued, most commonly seen in green though other colors are known. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200 (Image) (image2)
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8 AUGUST 1942 / Zurich, Switzerland, to Holyoke, Massachusetts. Posted in 1942 and censored by EXAMINER 4319, this letter was detained by the Bermuda censor for nearly four years. Released only after the war, it was
finally forwarded to the U.S.A., bearing purple ‘HELD BY BRITISH CENSORS / RELEASED JANUARY 1946’ handstamp.Also shows circle ‘T’ and ‘DUE 10 CENTS’ postage due markings with ‘NEW YORK, N.Y.’ cds. Slight tears on top and right side. British
examiners retained their assigned numbers as they moved from station to station, adding interest to this long-delayed transatlantic cover. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200
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17 AUGUST 1941 / Hamilton, Bermuda, to the Colonial Treasurer, Grenada. Franked with 2½d (SG 113a), tied by ‘HAMILTON / 16 JUL 41 / BERMUDA’ cds. Struck with red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 6 / BERMUDA’ CM6 handstamp, with
manuscript note ‘Arrived by mail 18/8/41’.The Colonial Treasurer served as Grenada’s chief financial officer, managing revenue, expenditures, and accounts, and played a central role in postage and revenue issues, his authority often noted in
ledgers, notices, and overprints. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est $150 (Image) (image2)
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12 DECEMBER 1940 / Cover from A.B. Woody, U.S. Engineering Office – Bermuda Survey, St. George’s, Bermuda, to Mrs. A.B. Woody in Norton, Virginia. Franked with 1½d (SG 111a) and 6d (SG 104), tied by ‘ST. GEORGES / 12
DEC 40 / BERMUDA’ cds H12 (I) cancellation. Censored with green ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 23 / BERMUDA’ handstamp. Rough opening at left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A scarce personal correspondence from a U.S. engineer attached to the Bermuda Survey. Est
$100-$125 (Image) (image2)
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3 JULY 1944 / Hamilton, Bermuda to Birmingham, England. Transatlantic cover ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER C/8135’, CL6 censor label. Franked with ½d (SG 98), 2½d (SG 113a), and 5s (SG 118), all tied by Ludington HII Hamilton cds.
A clean, well-franked example of commercial use cover. Fine to Very Fine. BCS $625 (Image)
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31 MAY 1941 / Monaco to Denver, Colorado. A remarkable registered cover with an extraordinary history: posted from Monaco to the U.S.A., it was seized by the Bermuda Prize Court in May 1941 and held for nearly nine
years. Finally released in February 1950, it re-entered the mail at Hamilton, remarkably without passing through civil censorship, before completing its journey. Franked with 1939–46 Monaco issues, 45c (Scott 164), 2fr (Scott 169), 2.50fr (Scott
171), 5fr (Scott 173), and 20fr (Scott 175), tied by 1941 ‘MONTE CARLO / PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO’ cds. Backstamped ‘HAMILTON / 3 FEB 1950 / BERMUDA’ ‘NEW YORK / 2-10 / 1950’ and purple ‘DENVER / COLO. / FEB 11 1950’ arrival cds, with black ‘Released by
Prize Court’ handstamp on reverse. A fascinating survivor of wartime seizure and delayed delivery. Fine to Very Fine. Est $200-$250 (Image) (image2)
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DATE UNKNOWN / St. George’s, Bermuda to Buffalo, New York. Cover from Ruth-Ellen Buchler, St. George’s Barracks, addressed to the ‘American Aid for German War Prisoners’ in Buffalo, enclosing a POW’s letter and marked
‘Letter in English.’ Sent stampless, as was permitted for prisoner mail, and struck front and back with green ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 22 / BERMUDA’ handstamps. Green Bermuda censor marks are far less common than the standard purple or red strikes, and
were applied only during a limited period. A scarce example of Bermuda POW correspondence showing the unusual green censor ink. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est: $150-$200
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19 MARCH 1945 / Armed Forces Air Letter from Bermuda to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Censored with P.C. 90 tape ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER / C8170’, applied by Bermuda’s wartime censorship office. Military-origin mail from
Bermuda is notably scarce, as the island’s role was primarily as a naval and transatlantic air base rather than a large troop posting. A fine and uncommon example of Bermuda’s World War II military postal usage. Fine to Very Fine. Est $150-$200 (Image) (image2)
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DATE UNKNOWN / Bermuda newspaper wrapper from the Bermuda Trade Development Board. Struck with red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 39 / BERMUDA’ handstamp. During both World Wars, even printed matter such as newspapers and
promotional circulars was subject to censorship, though surviving examples are far scarcer than censored envelopes.Commercial and government-issued wrappers like this one were often examined only sporadically, making identifiable censor-marked
specimens from Bermuda an uncommon find. Fine to Very Fine. BSC Est: $400 (Image)
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1941 / Hamilton to Lincoln, Nebraska. Commercial correspondence from the International Match Realization Co., franked with 3d (SG 114a) and struck in red ‘PASSED BY CENSOR / 41 / BERMUDA’. Examiner 41 is one of the
higher, less frequently seen numbers, and red censor strikes are notably scarcer than the usual purple impressions. The International Match Realization Co. was part of the global match and finance empire founded by Swedish industrialist Ivar
Kreuger, whose operations spanned multiple continents prior to World War II. Fine to Very Fine. Est. $200-$225 (Image) (image2)
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