Melbourne - misc slogans

The nine slogans used at Melbourne are:

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CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH ...
HAPPY THOUGHTS;
TELEGRAMS: SPEEDY, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE.
OVERLAND TELEGRAPH CENTENARY: 1872 - 1972.

CONVEY CONGRATULATIONS BY TELEGRAPH ON SPECIALLY DESIGNED FORMS.

Two dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne. Both a boxed date stamps with no number.

Datestamp: Box;

Number: none;

Base inscription: VICTORIA.

Characteristics:
Die 4:
C (of CONVEY) spans the GR of CONGRATULATIONS and starts from about the middle of G;
The last three lines are indented compared with CO;
The H at the end of line 3 spans NS at the end of line 3.

DD-MM above time.

Only recorded date of this format:
21 March 1940.

Number in Census: 2.

21 March 1940.

Datestamp: Box;

Number: none;

Base inscription: VICTORIA.

Characteristics:
Die 2: C of CONVEY is above the NG below.
S and H at the end os lines 2 and 3 are aligned.

The slogan component is very wide. It is most likely the cover became slowed as it went through processing.

Only recorded date of this format:
18 April 1941.

Number in Census: 1.

18 April 1941.

HAPPY THOUGHTS ....

Three dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne:

circle date stamp with ! at the end of line 1;
box date stamp with no ! at the end of line 1 and time, day/month then year;
box date stamp with no ! at the end of line 1 and day/month, time then year.

HAPPY THOUGHTS ....

Datestamp: Circle (diameter: 21 mm).

Base inscription: VIC. AUST.

Characteristics:
Die 1A: Has ! at the end on line 1.
First three lines are left aligned.

Earliest date of this format:
20 December 1940.

Latest date recorded:
23 December 1940.

Number in the Census: 3.

20 December 1940.

HAPPY THOUGHTS ....

Datestamp: Box.

Base inscription: VICTORIA.

Characteristics:
Die 3: Has no ! at the end on line 1.
No spaces between the the three words in line 3.
TIME then DD-MM and YEAR in date stamp.

Earliest date of this format:
20 December 1940.

Latest date recorded:
6 January 1941.

Number in the Census: 7.

20 December 1940.

HAPPY THOUGHTS ....

Datestamp: Box.

Base inscription: VICTORIA.

Characteristics:
Die 3: Has no ! at the end on line 1.
No spaces between the the three words in line 3.
DD-MM then TIMEand YEAR in date stamp.

Only recorded date of this format:
20 December 1940.

Number in the Census: 1.

24 December 1940.

TELEGRAMS: SPEEDY, RELIABLE, EFFECTIVE.

Two dies are recorded for this slogan at Melbourne:

box date stamp with VICTORIA at the base with the time above both date lines;
box date stamp with PAID at the base with no time line.

Datestamp: Circle.

Base inscription: VIC. AUST.

Characteristics:
Die 3: R and E are roughly aligned but the E of TEL.. is to the left.

Only recorded date of this format:
22 July 1940.

Number in the Census: 1.

Datestamp: Box.

Base inscription: VICTORIA.

Characteristics:
Die 1: E, R and E are roughly aligned.

Earliest date of this format:
23 July 1940.

Latest date recorded:
24 July 1940.

Number in the Census: 4.

23 July 1940.

Datestamp: Box.

Base inscription: PAID.

Characteristics:
Die 1: E, R and E are roughly aligned

Only recorded date of this format:
26 July 1940.

Number in the Census: 1.

26 July 1940.

OVERLAND TELEGRAPH CENTENARY 1872-1972.

Three dies for this slogan are recorded at Melbourne:

box date stamp with code 10;
box date stamp with code 11;
box date stamp with code 14;

Datestamp: Box.

Number: 10.

Base inscription: VIC-3000.

Characteristics:
Has DD-MM, then Time then Year.

Only recorded date of this format:
28 August 1972.

Number in the Census: 1.

28 August 1972.

Datestamp: Box.

Number: 11.

Base inscription: VIC-3000.

Characteristics:
Has DD-MM, then Time then Year.

Only recorded date of this format:
24 August 1972.

Number in the Census: 1.

24 August 1972.

Datestamp: Box.

Box number: 14.

Base inscription: VIC-3000.

Characteristics:
Has DD-MM, then Time then Year.

Only recorded date of this format:
22 August 1972.

Number in the Census: 1.

22 August 1972.