Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, St. Helena, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, Brazil 1843 –1870 - Day 1

1827 (June 1): Entire letter from Hobart to Charles Barnard at Rouge Mont, Tamar East, struck with fine oval "HOBART TOWN V.D.L." handstamp in black. Seal stain at centre of the entire but rare, an excellent strike of this scarce marking.rnrnProvenance: Collection Tony Rigo de Righi, RL, London, 26-27 Oct 1982, lot 356.rn                     Collection Prof. Enrico Bombieri, Spink, Melbourne, 28 March 1999, lot 1001.rn                     Gerald Bodily (2007).