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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 213

(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
1875 (17 May) envelope from Camberwell, London to Dr. G Sanders, Surgeon in the Army Medical Department in Bermuda, per Allan Nova Scotian to Halifax and Cunard Beta to Bermuda, bearing 1d. rose-red (3, one defective) twice cancelled with "65" duplex, underpaid 3d. and showing "deficient postage 3/half fine 3" for a total of "6d" due and with "9" in blue crayon indicating total postage including fine, London datestamp on reverse; a few small faults though an unusual underpaid franking to Bermuda. Photo

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Estimate
£250 to £300