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Auction: 17025 - Bermuda, Crossroads of the Atlantic: A Postal History from 1617 to 1877 - The David Pitts Collection
Lot: 224

(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
1877 (21 Nov.) entire letter from New York "via Bermuda" to St. Thomas, per Quebec Canima to Bermuda and per Cunard Nova Scotia" to St. Thomas, showing senders cachet at lower left corner and bearing 1873 10c. brown clearly cancelled and tied by "3" duplex, D.W.I. type arrival datestamp (5.12) on reverse; the contents discuss chartering the brig Matilda Buck and "the previous vessel having left out pretty much all my freight after having been properly engaged". Photo

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