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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1167

Bermuda
Packet Letters
G.P.O./Admiralty Period, 1806-40
1827 (19 May) entire letter from Edinburgh to William Burgess at Warwick and sent per packet Rinaldo direct to Bermuda, showing "Addl/½" handstamp alongside manuscript rate "2/3", despatch datestamp on reverse

Note: In response to competition from American Packets the Admiralty ceased its run to New York from Halifax after December 1826. There were three sub-routes used during this period as the Admiralty sought to find the best way to accomodate the competing needs of Her Majesty's Government and the mercantile communities of both Bermuda and the United States. Sub-routes were a) direct from and to Bermuda, b) the Mexico packet and c) the Annapolis packet.

provenance:
David Pitts, October 2017

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