Australia - APO period: 1957-1975.
1956 Christmas and New Year Greetings: AA-GX-56.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form numbers T.G. 42C (sheet format) and T.G. 42D (roll format).
No matching delivery envelopes were printed.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Multicoloured on cream.
Size of form overall: Sheet format: 151 × 203 mm.
Roll format 135 × 216 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 This form is the last of the Christmas and New Year Greetings ornamental forms.
GX-56A AA-GXF-56A.

Brisbane to Barcaldine
(23 December 1958).

Characteristics:

  • Form number T.G. 42C;
  • sheet form.
GXF-56B AA-GXF-56B.

Heidelberg West, Vic to Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW
(Telegraph Office at Rockdale
25 December 1956).

Characteristics:

  • Form number T.G. 42D;
  • form from a roll showing the tops of two consecutive forms.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
GXF-56A None. 23 December 1958 at Barcaldine, Qld.

RR if used.

C if unused.
GXF-56B None. 25 December 1956 at T.O. Rockdale.