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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 211

(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 Allan Line, January 1871-December 1877
The Allan Line was a Canadian company that had the contract to carry Canadian mail across the north Atlantic. Like Cunard and Inman, Allan made stops at Halifax and Queenstown
1873 (22 Sept.) envelope from St. George's to Gibraltar, per Cunard Delta to Halifax, per Allan Nestorian to Queenstown, Liverpool and thence to Gibraltar, rated "10d" in red crayon and bearing 1865 1d. rose-red (2), 6d. dull purple and 1873 3d. yellow-orange all cancelled "B/1" (K2), showing St. George's oval datestamp (H3), Paid Liverpool Br. Packet datestamp (17.10) and arrival datestamp (28.10), all on face; a few small faults though a remarkable franking and the only recorded cover from Bermuda to Gibraltar. Photo

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500