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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 182

(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 Vessels and RMSP Co. To The United States
Mail for Bermuda and north was left by RMSP at St. Thomas where Cunard carried it via Bermuda to Halifax and on to either New York or Boston. Bermuda became the principal point for mail from the Caribbean
1851 (27 July) entire letter from Trinidad to New York, per RMSP Eagle to Barbados, RMSP Derwent to St. Thomas, where delayed until 21 August, per Cunard Merlin to Bermuda, Osprey to Halifax and thence to New York, rated "1/-" (4d. B.W.I. + 8d. F.W.I. to New York + 1/-) and showing "steam/ship" handstamp and U.S. circular-framed "10" steam ship rate handstamp, the reverse with Trinidad and St. Thomas (1.8) double-arc datestamps. An early use of the St. Thomas-Bermuda-Halifax-New York route connecting with the RMSP. Photo

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