b'78721721D ROWLAND HILL SIGNATURE ON POST OFFICE HEADED NOTEPAPER:1859 (Aug.10) autographed letter sheet to his brother, Frederic Hill, signed Yours affectionately, Rowland Hill, evidently acknowledging a document which had been left for his attention; you will find one of two suggestions I have made in pencil.Given Hills international reputation regarding Post Office reform and the use of stamps for the pre-payment of postage, Hills service, from 1833 until 1839 as secretary of the South Australian Colonization Commission, is not widely known. The Commission worked successfully to establish a settlement without convicts at what is today Adelaide. The political economist Robert Torrens was chairman of the Commission. Under the South Australia Act 1834, the colony was to embody the ideals and best qualities of British society, shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to social progress and civil liberties. Hill was made Secretary to the Postmaster General, and then Secretary to the Post Office from 1854 until 1864$400600722* 1840 (SG.1) 1d Intense Black, two large margins, close at top and touching at left; Unused, with large part o.g. Cat.17,500. A rare Mint example of the first stamp in the world! . $2,5003,500'