Horst’s Bermuda – A Philatelic Obsession

Long time and now life member Horst Augustinovic has written Horst’s Bermuda – A Philatelic Obsession, a 1,028 page eBook that includes and expands on his research and writing from the following monographs: Bermuda Cancels – A Compilation of Machine/Slogan Cancels and Circular Datestamps of Bermuda; Bermuda’s 1953, 1962 & 1970 Definitive Postage Stamps; The Bermuda Post Office & The Handling of Mail; From Stamps to Postal History – A Philatelic Journey; From Transportation to Accomodation; Bermuda’s Role in the Space Race.

Horst has generously made this book available to view free of charge on our website. In his words Horst “hopes that it will be another resource for collectors with an interest in Bermuda. It covers many of the subjects that have interested me for the last 60 years or so and I hope that other collectors will expand on some of the stories in the future”.

Horst’s Bermuda – A Philatelic Obsession is also available free of charge to all Bermuda Collectors Society members as a We Transfer download.

→ Click Here to view the first edition of Horst’s Bermuda – A Philatelic Obsession.
→ Click Here to read a little about Horst’s inspiration and interest in Bermuda.
→ BCS Members Click Here to request a copy of Horst’s Bermuda sent via We Transfer due to file size

FIRE & ICE Joseph Sherer: Arctic Explorer & Anti-Slaver
Edward Harris & Ian Robertson

Several years ago, a small album of sketches by the later Admiral Joseph Sherer was found at Bermuda. As little was known of Joseph, the authors Edward Harris (Bermuda) and Ian Robertson (Scotland) spent a couple of years tracking his career in the Royal Navy, especially for the 1820s. Sherer was first with Edward Parry and others in the Arctic search for the Northwest Passage in the first half of that decade. It is believed that he likely painted there and elsewhere, but at present only the “Bermuda Album” survives and well indicates that he was a fine artist.

After the Arctic, Sherer was sent to the Caribbean on anti-slaver duties, such that in late 1827 he passed through Bermuda and drew a scene including the Commissioner’s House at the new Royal Naval Dockyard. From Bermuda, Sherer was in the Caribbean but particularly in Bahamian waters, wherein, in 1829, he captured three slavers bound for Havana and may have painted one of them, as well as apparent female slaves in rowboats on their “Arrival in the West”.

Probably through family connections, Joseph made seven fine images of Scotland, perhaps in the several years between his Arctic voyages and his Caribbean ones. The book also details the possible “First Love” of “our eminent Capt. Parry”, one Ellen MacLean of Halifax, whose grave in Bermuda with his elegy engraved was found during research on the Sherer story. We hope the members of the Bermuda Collectors Societymight enjoy this booklet, as it relates to Bermuda and our intense maritime history and heritage.

– Edward Harris and Ian Robertson

Member Edward Harris has generously made this publication available to BCS Members free of charge.  

→ BCS Members Click Here  to request a copy of FIRE & ICE Joseph Sherer: Arctic Explorer & Anti-Slaver sent via email or We Transfer.

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