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lot # 20456 - brit. colonies victoria
1849 (Sept 25): Official entire letter from Hobbies House, Goulbourne River to Superintendent Charles La Trobe with framed "FREE / KILMORE" handstamp in black. Reverse with "KILMORE / ♕ / PORT PHILLIP" in black (Oct 1) and oval Melbourne arrival of the same day.rnNote: Charles La Trobe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, appointed in 1851.rnProvenance: Provenance: Collection J.R.W. Purves, RL, Zurich, 13 May 1981, lot 565; Collection Rod Perry, DF, Zurich, 23-25 May 1988, lot 20006; Prestige, Melbourne, 27 July 2009, lot 1222.
Catalogue 307: Australia - The DUBOIS Collection Collection (part II)
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