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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 205

(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 Inman Line, 1 January 1868-June 1871
After 1 January 1868, Cunard lost the contract for the transatlantic route to the British Steamship Company. The Inman Line continued her service to Halifax where she connected with that line, and later with other lines
1868 (8 May) officers envelope (flap missing and other trivial imperfections) "From Assist. Surgn. Don R.N." at St. George's to Scotland, countersigned by the Commanding Officer and per Cunard Alpha to Halifax and thence per Inman City of Washington to Queenstown and Liverpool, bearing 1865 6d. dull purple cancelled "B/1" (K2, the earliest recorded date of use) and with St. George's (P5) datestamp alongside and light Paid Liverpool Br. Packet datestamp (1.6) at lower left. Photo

provenance:
Morris H. Ludington, June 1999

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