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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 200

(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 The Quebec & Gulf Ports Steamship Company
This line offered direct service between Bermuda and return, whereas Cunard did not, In 1869 after the Inman Line lost the contract, Cunard again carried transatlantic mail
1872 (21 Dec.) triple rate blue envelope ex the Gray correspondence from Hamilton "Via New York" to London, per Magnolia to New York and thence per Inman City of Paris to Queenstown and London, rated "1/9" (the correct triple rate) under "1/3" (due to Great Britain) in red crayon and bearing 1865 1d. rose-red (one side cut imperforate), 2d. dull blue and 6d. dull purple (3) cancelled with light indistinct obliterators, Hamilton (H1) and London Paid (6.1) datestamps at lower left. A rare and attractive three colour franking. Photo

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington, June 1999

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