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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 193

(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. Within The Caribbean
1862 (28 July) envelope large part front and part back from Hamilton to Grenada, per Cunard Delta to St. Thomas, per RMSP Conway to Barbados and per Wye to Grenada, rated "4" in red ink and "1" in blue crayon (1d. to Bermuda) and showing a good strike of the Crowned Circle "paid/at/hamilton bermuda" at upper left, the reverse with Hamilton (PM4), St. Thomas and Grenada datestamps; despite being an incomplete letter a fine strike of the Crowned Circle handstamp. Photo

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