Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
1935 Christmas and New Year Greetings: AB-GX-35.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number TG 42C (sheet) or TG 42D (roll) while the matching delivery envelopes were both T.G. 65D.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue, yellow, red and green on cream.
Size of form overall: (Sheet): 153 × 202 mm; (roll) 140 × 215 mm.
(Envelopes): 90 × 146 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

 This design was introduced for Christmas 1935 and remained available until New Year of 1939.

GXF-35A
Phoenix Auctions March 2014 Lot 1529.		 AB-GXF-35A.

Toorak to Oakleigh
(24 December 1936).

Characteristics:

  • sheet format;
  • form number is
    T.G. 42C;
  • COMMONWEALTH ... and POSTMASTER ... are printed in either green or red.
GXF-35B AB-GXF-35B.

Sydney to Melbourne
(CTO 24 December 1935).

  • printed on a roll (as can be seen by design at top and bottom and the tough separation.
  • form number is T.G.42D;
  • COMMONWEALTH ... and POSTMASTER ... are printed in red.

 
GXE-35A AB-GXE-35Aa.

Unused opaque envelope.
Form number is T.G. 65D.
GXE-35Ab AB-GXE-35Ab.

Unused opaque envelope.
Form number has been changed to T.G. 65E.

Some small formatting differences from GXE-35Aa - for example the relative placement of form number relative to YEAR below.
GXE-35B AB-GXE-35B.

Unused window envelope (form number T.G. 65D).

No border around the window.

Advertisement for the 1935 issue of the Xmas and New Year Greetings telegrams.

Published in Walkabout (1 December 1937) while the design was still current.

A brochure was also printed to advertise the availability of the 1935 Christmas Greetings forms.

Cover size: 11.2 mm (H) and 7.1 mm (W).

This brochure was inserted into delivery envelopes and also distributed from Post Offices.

Front cover.


Rear cover


Inside opened and rotated clockwise.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
GXF-35A None. 24 December 1936 at Toorak, Vic. All types are rated RR in a used and tied pair of form and envelope.

R used single.
C unused.
GXF-35B None. 24 December 1935 at CTO Melbourne.
GXE-35Aa None.  
GXE-35Ab None.  
GXE-35B None. 24 December 1936 at Oakleigh, Vic.