MAILSHIPS OF THE UNION-CASTLE LINE

180 pages, frontispiece, profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, purple cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

Spanning the period 1857-1977, Mailships of the Union-Castle Line is the story of the mail service between Britain and South Africa and its cargo and passenger services. It traces the years of fierce competition between the Union and Castle lines for tenure of the coveted Ocean Mail Contract, their ultimate amalgamation in 1900 to become the legendary Union-Castle Line and the fluctuating fortunes of that Company.