Lot 47 POSTAL HISTORY

1845-46 CORUNNA P & O Postal service; exceptionally rare 1846 Entire Letter (12 Oct) to London with CORUNNA OC 12 / 1846 arc cancel in red (scarce) and manuscript charge mark 2/2, and London arrival ND 8OC18 / 1846 backstamp in red, filing fold but a rare item seldom seen. The P & O service to and from Corunna was meant to provide a convenient service to Madrid. It opened in April 1945 and used for a short period only a black handstamp. The colour was changed to red in due course which is less scarce.