Nigel’s Bermuda

The stories behind Bermuda’s postal history, told through the covers and letters in my collection.

The site is in its early stages. I’m adding material step by step as I research each item, beginning with Bermuda’s naval postal history.

Hand-coloured 17th-century map of Bermuda showing the islands divided into tribes, with ships and a compass rose — John Speed’s map of Bermuda, 1626, from Richard Norwood’s survey.

The collection

Bermuda Naval Postal History Letters and covers from the naval ships that called at Bermuda, from 1814 to the mid-1900s. Explore the ships →