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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 204

(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 (5 Dec.) envelope, complete with long letter, "per S.S. Perit via New York" to Philadelphia, showing fine "steamship/10" datestamp (11.12) on face and with arrival datestamp (11.12) on reverse; clean and attractive with covers to the United States rather than Great Britain by this route scarce. Photo

Note: The contents commence with complaints by the writer about the time the "Perit" has taken to get to Bermuda compared with a Cunard vessel, and continues to comment on the north and south routes with mention of Halifax and St. Thomas

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington

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