1810c Lovely clean folded letter wrapper bearing excellent strike of the Oval Medallion handstamp. Addressed to the Secretary of the Orphan Chamber at the Cape. Rated "2/-" in manuscript. Superb. Also known as the "Post Office Seal", this first handstamp was intended to record pre-payment of postage for inland mail only. The design, with the words "Post Office" added, originated from the official seal introduced by Govenor Sir David Baird and was very similar to the "May Britain Flourish" seal used in England.
