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Suggested Reading

A selection of publications for the Bermuda Stamp and Postal History Collector. Many of these books are still available from the Publisher or can sometimes be found on Abe Books or eBay. Books highlighted in blue below are available from The Bermuda Collectors Society at the listed price post paid in the USA and plus postage and packing worldwide. Contact us to order, if you’d like more information on a title or if you think we need to add something to the list.

A Study of the Printings of the King George VI Key-Type High Values of Bermuda, Lee- ward Islands & Nyasaland. Study Paper No. 13.
Eric P Yendall
King George VI Collectors Society, 1983; 19 pp.

Air Mails of Bermuda
N. C. Baldwin
Francis J. Field Ltd

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

Bermuda By Air
A handbook and catalogue of Bermuda Aerophilately
Charles E. Cwiakala
Bermuda Catalogue Project LLC

Bermuda Cancels
A compilation of Machine/Slogan Cancels and Circular Datestamps of Bermuda

Horst Augustinovic
Moosehead Communications, Inc
$25.00

Bermuda Civil Censorship World War I
Stewart Jessop
British West Indies Study Circle

Bermuda Crossroads of the Atlantic – A Postal History
Arthur H. Groten & David R. Pitts
American Philatelic Society

Bermuda King George VI High Values
A Guide to the Flaws and Printings
Robert W. Dickgiesser
Triad Publications

Bermuda Mails to 1865
An Inventory of the Postal Markings
Michel Forand and Charles Freeland
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group

Bermuda Postcards Revisited
Eldon & Anne Zuill
Print Link

Bermuda Registration Labels
Brad Arch
Brad Arch

Bermuda Specialized Catalogue
Stamps and Postal History 1812 – 1970

David I. Cordon & Michel Forand
Bermuda Specialized Catalogue Project LLC
$80.00

Bermuda, 1938-53: 2/- to £1. Study Paper No. 2
Frank R Saunders
King George VI Collectors Society, 1973; 15 pp.

Bermuda: The 1910-36 “Ship” Type Stamps
M H Ludington
Junior Philatelic Society

Bermuda: The Half-Penny on One Penny Provisional of 1940. Study paper no. 9.
Frank R Saunders
King George VI Collectors Society, 1976; 11 pp.

Bermuda: The Handstruck Stamps and Cancellations
M H. Ludington
Robson Lowe Ltd

Bermuda’s 1953, 1962 and 1970 Definitive Postage Stamps
Horst Augustinovic

Moosehead Communications, Inc
$25.00

Boer Prisoners of War in Bermuda
Colin Benbow
The Bermuda Historical Society

British Empire Civil Censorship Devices WWII
Canada and Colonies in the Caribbean and North and South America
The Civil Censorship Study Group

Censorship In Bermuda during The Boer War & The two World Wars
Horst Augustinovic
Bermuda Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History, no. 4, 1992

Censorship and Bermuda’s Role in Winning World War II
The story of Bermuda Postal Censorship during World War II
Print Link

Early Routings of The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1842-1879
Phil J. Kenton & Harry G. Parsons
The Postal History Society

Furness Withy 1891-1991
David Burrell
The World Ship Society

Intercepted In Bermuda
The Censorship of Transatlantic Mail during the Second World War
The Collectors Club of Chicago

King George VI Large Key type Stamps of Bermuda, Leeward Islands, Nyasaland
Robert W. Dickgiesser & Eric P Yendall
Triad Publications

Naval Officers’ Letters
Geoffrey Osborn
The Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund

Postal History of Blockade Running Through Bermuda 1861-1865
M H Ludington
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group

Regular Sea Communications with Bermuda to 1914
M H Ludington
M H Ludington

Steamship Lines to the Caribbean Volume One
Michael R. Rego
British West Indies Study Circle

Steamship Lines to the Caribbean Volume Two
Michael R. Rego
British West Indies Study Circle

Steamship Lines to the Caribbean Volume Three
Michael R. Rego
British West Indies Study Circle

The Airmails of Bermuda
A Specialised Catalogue & Illustrated Price List
William J. Clark
The Havemeyer Press

The Bermuda Packet Mails 1806 to 1886
J C Arnell & M H Ludington
The Postal History Society

The Bermuda Post Office and the Handling of Mail
A study of Bermuda Postage Rates and Postage Due Cancellations
Horst Augustinovic

Moosehead Communications, Inc
$25.00

The Furness Line to Bermuda
Morris H. Ludington & Michael R. Rego
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group

The Golden Age of Bermuda Postcards
Horst Augustinovic
Print Link

The King George VI Large Key Type
Eric P Yendall
The Royal Philatelic Society London

The King George V High-Vale Stamps of Bermuda 1917-1938
Myles Glazer
Calaby Publishers

The Picture Postcards of Bermuda
Donald E. Stephens
Donald E. Stephens

The Postage Stamps of Bermuda
Bertram W H Poole
D Field, 1911; 37 pp.

The Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda (and Supplement)
M H Ludington
Quarterman Publications Ltd

The Postal History of Bermuda
Edward B. Proud
Proud-Bailey Co Ltd

The Postmaster Stamps of Bermuda
Michel Forand
American Philatelic Congress Book, 56th edition, 1990; 23 pp

The Royal Mail Steam Packets to Bermuda and The Bahamas 1842-1859
M H. Ludington & Geoffrey Osborn
Robson Lowe Ltd