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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 180

(x) Packet Letters
Other Carriers In Conjunction With Cunard
Cunard operated throughout the period from 1827-1877 and beyond. There were two major changes in Cunard's relationship with other carriers. The first was the RMSP's abandonment of her British stops after 1850. The other was Cunard's loss of her transatlantic contract to Inman in 1868. These changes made the Cunard Bermuda-Halifax connection more important
The following section illustrates the inter-relationships between Cunard, RMSP and other lines
Cunard and Private Vessels
1872 (13 Jan.) double rate entire letter from Trinidad to Lockport, Nova Scotia per Brig "Marion" via Turks Islands, on the way two crew members developed smallpox with the ship being diverted to Bermuda (6.2) for quarantine and disinfection of the mail, bearing 1865 1/- green cancelled "2" (K1) and with Hamilton datestamp (date unclear) when the mail left per Cunard Alpha (11.1) to Halifax; ageing at foot of face panel and across reverse, possibly the result of disinfection. A rare and possibly unique instance of a Bermuda handstamp on transit mail required because it was removed from the ship, taken to the Post Office for disinfection and put back into the mail. Photo

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