BERMUDA

BERMUDA.

Definitive stamps.
Bermuda island Map and effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
Sixth stamp in a set of 18, issued on 09.11.1953.
Face value: 3 Bermudian pence.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 135.
- Scott No. 148.
- StampWorld No. 138.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 140.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 138.

Bermuda is an archipelago in the North Atlantic made up of 181 islands, with a total area of ​​53.2 km² (20.5 sq mi) and an estimated population of 72,000 people. It is named after the Spanish navigator Juan de Bermúdez, who discovered the islands, which had no indigenous population, in 1505. Bermuda became a British crown colony in 1609 and an autonomous colony in 1620, when the first Parliament. Some years later, African slaves were brought there. At the beginning of the 18th century, a lucrative salt trade began on the islands, which became the basis of the local economy. Bermuda's history has been very tumultuous from the 18th century to the mid-20th century, when tourism was promoted and the first regular flights with the United States were established by seaplanes. In the 1970s there were civil unrest and the first demands for independence, which were rejected in a referendum held in 1995. Bermuda is currently an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, and the executive power is in the hands of the British Crown. The link with the United States, however, is very close.