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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 219

(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
1875 (26 May) envelope, crest of "H.M.S. Bellerophon" on flap, from Ireland Island "via New York" to "H.A. Moncrieff Esq., 3 Waterlow Place, Pall Mall, London SW", per Quebec Canima to New York and per Cunard Abyssinia to Queenstown, bearing "One/Penny." on 2d. dull blue, "One/Penny." on 3d. yellow-buff (4 including a pair - straight-edge at right), "One/Penny." on 1/- green and in combination with 1865 1d. rose-red, all lightly cancelled "3" (K1), showing "bermuda/i/paid" P5 datestamp at lower left corner with portions of the date altered in manuscript and, on reverse, London arrival datestamp for 21 June; the stamps and cover with a few light age marks, nevertheless a remarkable and colourful franking, and the only cover known bearing all three values of the 1875 One Penny Provisional issue. A wonderful and famous exhibition showpiece. Photo

provenance:
J.S. Sidebottom
Sir Archibald Alison
Sir Henry Tucker, October 1978
Baron Stig Leuhusen, October 2003
Spink, November 2007

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Estimate
£40,000 to £50,000