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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 201

(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
1873 (Jan.) envelope from Ireland Island to Bridport, from H.M.S. Woodlark per contract vessel Excelsior to New York and thence Cunard Calabria to Liverpool, bearing Great Britain 1d. rose-red Plate 149 and 6d. pale chestnut Plate 11 remaining uncancelled as not recognised for postage, Ireland Island (PM5) datestamp alongside, marked "5" in red crayon as due to G.B. and changed to "5d" in blue crayon as due to Bermuda, upon arrival rated "1/-" as double deficiency, deleted and replaced with "1/1" (7d. postage plus 6d. fine), the reverse (flap missing) with Liverpool U.S. Packet (4.2), London (5.2) and Bridport (5.2) datestamps. An almost certainly unique unpaid letter to England. Photo

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington, June 1999

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Estimate
£400 to £500