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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 152

(x) Packet Letters
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1842-1850
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was formed to take advantage of faster communications offered by steam power, initially for the West Indies though including a few Mexican ports. In 1847, as trade with Mexico increased, additional routes to the western Caribbean and east coast of Mexico were added. There were two contracts with the RMSP involving stops at Bermuda between 1854 and 1850. After 1 August 1850, RMSP ceased stopping at Bermuda, and Cunard's Halifax route became the principal one from Bermuda. There were four routes during the first contract and three during the second
First Contract
Route 2, 12 September 1842-15 June 1843
After 1 October 1842 ships left Southampton stopping at Falmouth which remained the packet terminus until 1 September 1843 when Southampton became the terminus. No stop was made at Falmouth after that date. After 20 July 1842 no internal Bermuda postage was collected on incoming mail
1842 (24 Nov.) entire letter from Cienfuegos "p Teviot" to Bermuda, rated "1/-" and with R. Morrison & Co forwarding agents endorsement and Havana datestamp

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