AW-DO-10 (45)

Australia - War and recovery: 1940-1957.
The ordinary rate delivery form: AW-DO-10 (45).

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	1945 printing: Form number T.G. 42 and T.G. 42B. Standard heading above TELEGRAM.
Message area:	Blank - occupies nearly 80% of form.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Blue on cream.
Size of form overall:	101 × 187 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

printed in type A and type B formats;
all forms except DO-10C have the same schedule number and printing date;
the main distinctions between varieties are:
10A: five lines of unhyphenated text in the left box;
10B: T.G. 42 B format;
10C: six lines of text in the left box of which three have hyphenated text;
10D: no schedule number printed near top left box;
10E: five lines of text in the left box and only the 2nd line is hyphenated.
10F: blue-green printing; no full stop or space after "Sch"; top left box is the same as for 10E; TELEGRAM has letters widely spaced.

	AW-DO-10A (45). Hobart to Bothwell (5 June 1946). Characteristics: date centered under "Sch..." line and year in full; no full stop but a space after "Sch"; five lines of text in top left box with a space after "message"; "No." is 3 mm right of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 39 mm long and the letters are 5 mm high.
	AW-DO-10B (45). Melbourne to Launceston, Tas. (26 March 1946). Characteristics: date left justified under "Sch ..."; five lines of text in left box; "No." is 0.5 mm left of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 44 mm long. Form number T.G. 42B.
Printed in October 1945.	AW-DO-10C (45). Albury to Yelarbon, Qld (19 November 1946). Not previously recorded. Characteristics: "/" before 10 in date and year only in two digits; six lines of text in left box with three lines hyphenated; "No." is 2 mm left of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 37 mm long and the letters are 3.5 mm high; dark blue printing.
Unknown printing date.	AW-DO-10D (45). Wooloowin Rail to Windsor via Lutwyche, Qld (3 June 1946). Not previously recorded. Characteristics: no schedule number; six lines of text in left box with three lines hyphenated; "No." is 2 mm left of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 37 mm long and the letters are 3.5 mm high; light blue printing.
	AW-DO-10E. Sydney to Rockdale (28 September 1946). Characteristics: schedule number is aligned left; top left box has five lines of text and only the 2nd line is hyphenated. No full stop after "message"; "No." is 0.5 mm left of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 38 mm long.
Printed in May 1945.	AW-DO-10F (45). Tarnbellup to Riverton, SA (14 August 1947). The blue-green printing version. Characteristics: no full stop or space after "Sch"; schedule number is aligned left; five lines of text in left box with one line hyphenated. No full stop after "message"; "No." is 1.5 mm left of T/C/B; line under TELEGRAM is 48 mm long and the letters are 5 mm high.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-10A (45)	Sch. C. 4707 5/1945.	25 January 1946 at CTO Melbourne.	C
DO-10B (45)	Sch. C. 4707 5/1945.	26 March 1946 at T.O. Launceston.	NC
DO-10C (45)	Sch. C. 4707 /10/45.	19 November 1946 at Yelarbon, Qld.	NC
DO-10D (45)	None	3 June 1946 at Lutwyche, Qld.	R
DO-10E (45)	Sch. C. 4707 5/1945.	28 September 1946 at Rockdale, NSW.	C
DO-10F (45)	Sch. C. 4707 5/1945.	14 August 1947 at Riverton, SA	NC

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