Bermuda Philatelic Literature
This section contains a comprehensive list of handbooks and monographs on Bermuda philately compiled by Charles Freeland and Michel Forand. They are essential tools for the Bermuda specialist. You should consider them as essential as your stamp tongs, perforation gauge, and stamp catalog. They will make you a better and smarter collector and significantly increase the pleasure to be had from your collection.

Rather than just providing a listing, we hope to include some of the older and out of print items. An entry in white type indicates a copy of the item is available on the web. Double clicking on the item listing will take you to a scanned copy of the actual document.

This project will take time, and as we launch our web site we do not have any handbooks or monographs in our web files. Before we can put an item on the web, we must ensure it is in the public domain or secure permission from the copyright holder. We would certainly appreciate any volunteers willing to help with this effort.

A Bermuda Philatelic Bibliography
(Compiled by Michel Forand and Charles Freeland)

Handbooks and Monographs

Arnel, J[ohn] C. The Development of the Transatlantic Mail Service to Bermuda. Offprint from Bermuda Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History. 1989. 18 pp. [pages numbered 25 to 42].

Arnel, J[ohn] C., and M[orris] H. Ludington. The Bermuda Packet Mails and the Halifax-Bermuda Mail Service, 1806 to 1886. Postal History Society, 1989, 103 pp. Includes annual tables showing dates of departure and arrival of each packet and mail boat at its various ports of call.

Baldwin, Norman C. Air Mails of Bermuda. Sutton Coldfield, U.K., F.J. Field, 1967. [16 pp.].

Bileski, Kasimir. Stamps from the Bermuda Prize Court Sale. [Winnipeg?], ca. 1949, 11 pp.

Clark, William J. The Airmails of Bermuda, 1925-1989: A Specialized Catalogue and Illustrated Price List. Greenwich, Conn., Havemayer Press, 1990; [68 pp.]. Second edition revised and augmented, 1991 [76 pp.]. Third edition, revised and augmented, 1992.

Cwiakala, Charles E. "First flights of Bermuda" and "British Caribbean FAM Routes." [Monograph no. 3]. British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, ca. 1982; [35 pp.]. Reprinted from the British Caribbean Philatelic Journal.

Cwiakala, Charles E. Bermuda by Air: A Handbook and Catalog of Bermuda Philately. Edited by R.W. Dickgiesser. Killen, Ala., Bermuda Catalog Project, 1996, xiv+141 pp.; bibliography.

Dickgiesser, Robert W., Bermuda King George VI High Values: A Guide to the Flaws and Printings. Weston, Mass., Triad Publications, 1980, 59 pp.; bibliography.

Dickgiesser, Robert W., and Eric P. Yendall. King George VI Large Key Type Stamps of Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Nyasaland. Weston, Mass., Triad Publications, 1985, 183 pp.; bibliography.

Folk, Edwin H. "Study of the head-plate flaws of the George VI high values of Bermuda, Leeward Islands and Nyasaland." Interim report. Philadelphia, August 1968, 7 pp.

______. "Head-plate flaws of the King George VI high values of Bermuda, Leeward Islands, and Nyasaland." Interim report no. 2. King George VI Collectors Society, May 1970; 25 pp.

Forand, Michel, and Charles Freeland. Bermuda Mails to 1865; An Inventory of the Postal Markings. Monograph no. 13. British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, 1995; 128 pp.; bibliography, index.

Glazer, Myles. The King George V High-Value Stamps of Bermuda. Marblehead, Mass., Calaby Publishers, 1994; xv+208 pp.; bibliography; index

Holmes, Henry R. Bermuda. London, H.F. Johnson, 1932; 93 pp.

Lowe, Robson. The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps. Volume 5, part 5; Bermuda and British Honduras. London, Robson Lowe, 1973; 128 pp.

Ludington, M.H. Bermuda: The 1910-36 "Ship" Type Stamps. London, Junior Philatelic Society, 1955; 35 pp.

_______. Bermuda: The Handstruck Stamps and Cancellations. London, Robson Lowe, 1956; 45 pp.

_______. Bermuda: The Post Office, Postal Markings and Adhesive Stamps. London, Robson Lowe, 1962; 297 pp. + 51 plates. A 4-page list of "Addenda and Corrigenda" was published in 1966. Supplement. London, Robson Lowe, 1968; 38 pp. + 14 plates.

_______. The Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bermuda. Lawrence, Mass., Quarterman, 1978; 446 pp.; index.

_______. The Postal History of Blockade Running through Bermuda, 1861-1865. Monograph no. 14. British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, 1966; iii+47 pp.; 2 indexes.

_______. Regular Sea Communications with Bermuda to 1914. Reprinted from Bermuda Historical Quarterly, 1979; iv+8 pp.

Ludington, M.H., and Geoffrey A. Osborn. The Royal Mail Steam Packets to Bermuda and the Bahamas, 1942-1859. London, Robson Lowe, 1971; 26 pp. + 7 loose maps.

Ludington, M.H. and Michael R. Rego. The Furness Line to Bermuda. Monograph no. 11, British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group, 1991; 60 pp.

Pitts, David R. A Beginning Collection of Bar and Duplex Cancels on the Victorian Stamps of Bermuda, Mimeo; May 1998. [58 pp.]

Poole, Bertram W. H. The Postage Stamps of Bermuda. W.E.P. philatelic handbook no. 7. London, D. Field, 1911; 39 pp.

Proud, Edward B. The Postal History of Bermuda. E.B. Proud Ltd., 2003; 432 pp.

Ritchie, Geoffrey G. ed. West Indian Censorship Devices. Handbook no. 2. Harrogate, U.K., Roses Caribbean Philatelic Society, 1977; 105 pp. In addition to Bermuda, contains articles on Bahamas, Barbados (revised), British Guiana (revised), British Honduras, Cayman Islands (revised), French West Indies, Grenada (revised), Jamaica (revised), Leeward Islands, St. Lucia (revised), and St. Vincent.

Saunders, Frank R. "The King George VI issue for Bermuda - the 1/2d to 1/6 values: an attempt to examine and evaluate new evidence." King George VI Collectors Society, 1970; 16 pp.

_______ Bermuda, 1938-53, 1/- to £1: Inferences from the Crown Agents' Records. Study paper no. 2. King George VI Collectors Society, 1973; 16 pp. Originally published as whole number 74 of Geosix.

_______. Bermuda: The Half-Penny on One Penny Provisional of 1940. {Study paper no. 9] King George VI Collectors Society, 1976; 11 pp. Published as whole number 93 of Geosix.

Wong, Wilson C.K. Bermuda: A Study of the King George VI High Value Definitives - 12/6 Perf. 14. Study paper no. 14. King George VI Collectors Society, 1989; 46 pp.

Yendall, Eric P. A Study of the Printings of the King George VI Key-Type High Values of Bermuda, Leeward Islands & Nyasaland. Study paper no. 13. King George VI Collectors Society, 1983; 21 pp.

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