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PICKFORD & BLACK


                                                 ALPHA & BETA


                   Cunard  gave  up  its  long  established  service  between  Halifax,  Bermuda  and  Kingston  in
            1886. Pickford and Black purchased “Alpha” and “Beta” and continued them on the same route. In
            addition,  from  1891  they  established  a  line  between  St  John,  New  Brunswick,  Bermuda  and  the
            Lesser Antilles to  British Guiana with the “Duart Castle”  and the  “Taymouth  Castle”.  This  line
            was  subsidised  by  the  Canadian  Government  and  from  1900  was  prevented  by  the  terms  of the
            contract from calling at any United States port.


















































                   A  cover  addressed  to  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia  franked  with  2  x  Id  and  '/2  d  from  the  1883,
            Crown CA set paying the U.P.U.  Vi oz. rate.  These were cancelled by a Hamilton “1” duplex on 3ri1
            April  189j . The cover was nominated to go on “A lpha” and was back stamped on arrival in Halifax
            on the 7th, a 4-day transit.
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