Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Ordinary rate delivery envelopes: AB-EO-3.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No Form number.
TELEGRAM in thick sans-serif font centered.
Message area: Boxed slogan TLC and slogan at base.
Reverse side: Two multi-line slogans.
Colours (text & envelope): Black on fawn.
Size of envelope overall: 81 × 135 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AB-EO-3_1 AB-EO-3A.

Delivery envelope used at Rochester, Vic on
23 February 1931.

Characteristics:

  • a wide variety of boxed advertisements in top left corner;
  • slogan at the base on the front is 2.7 mm high, in thick letters and underlined;
  • two more slogans on the reverse.

 
AB-EO-3_1_rev AB-EO-3A (reverse).

The advertisements on the reverse of the above envelope.

Rectangular flap with straight sides.

See separate page for other examples.
NO IMAGE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE AB-EO-3B.

Characteristics:

  • as for EO-3A with underlined slogan at base but printed in dark blue;
  • Rectangular flap with straight sides.
AB-EO-3C AB-EO-3C.

Delivery envelope used at Mosman, NSW.

Characteristics:

  • a wide variety of boxed advertisements in the top left corner;
  • slogan at the base on the front is 2 mm high, in thick letters but not underlined;
  • two more slogans on the reverse.

 

See also AB-DO-8E.
AB-E)-3C Terang AB-EO-3C (reverse).

The advertisements on the reverse of the above envelope.

Rectangular flap with straight sides.

See separate page for other examples.
NO IMAGE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE AB-EO-3D.

Characteristics:

  • as for EO-3C but with form number
    T.G. 65B in top left corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
(used with date).
EO-3A None 23 February 1931 at Rochester, Vic. NC
EO-3B None   R
EO-3C None 6 October 1934 at Terang, Vic. R
EO-3D None   R