Australia - War and recovery: 1940-1957.
Ordinary rate delivery form: AW-DO-10 (49).

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: 1949 printing: Form number T.G. 42.
Standard heading above TELEGRAM.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on cream.
Size of form overall: 101 × 195 mm or 99 × 188 mm or 128 × 200 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AW-DO-10 (49) AW-DO-10Aa (49).

St. Arnaud, Vic for local delivery.
26 September 1950.

Characteristics:

  • left box has six lines of centered text;
  • "received" at end of first line of text in left box is hyphenated;
  • schedule number has second line centered under the first line;
  • "7" for month under "(h). C" in top left corner;
  • year has four digits;
  • 101 × 195 mm.
49-Ab AW-DO-10Ab (49).

Thornbury, Vic to Ivanhoe
24 March 1955.

Rare IVANHOE TELEGRAPH date stamp.

Characteristics:

  • same characteristics as for DO-10Aa (49) above;
  • "7" for month under "c" of "Sch." in top left corner.
AW-DO-10B AW-DO-10B (49).

Melbourne to C.T.O. Sydney
14 March 1951.

Characteristics:

  • type B format from a teleprinter roll;
  • schedule number is left justified;
  • has top part of form below so that size can be determined as
    112 × 198 mm;
  • "No." is 3 mm to the left of T/C/B.
AW-DO-10B AW-DO-10BB (49).

Perth to Fremantle
9 May 1950.

Characteristics:

  • type BB form from a teleprinter roll;
  • left box has five lines and larger font;
  • Schedule number is left justified;
  • year has four digits.
49_AW_DO_10C AW-DO-10C (49).

Burnie to Waratah
1 November 1950.

Characteristics:

  • "Received" is not hyphenated;
  • no schedule number;
  • various minor text alignment differences.

It had been reported that this form was printed between 1952 to 1954. From late 1949 on, "Office of Origin" was changed to Chl. No. (see above) so printing must have been 1949 or earlier. The font in the heading also ties this printing to 1949.
AW_DO_10_49_bg AW-DO-10D (49).

Top half of an unused
Format A delivery form.

Characteristics:

  • printed in the blue-green colour;
  • box in left box has five lines of text. "Telegraph" and not "received" is hyphenated and there is no period after "message";
  • year has two digits;
  • indented last line on RH box;
  • "No." aligned with T/C/B.
AW-DO-10E 49 AW-DO-10E (49).

Rosedale to Melbourne
C.T.O. datestamp of
12 May 1950.

Characteristics:

  • left box has five lines of text;
  • "received" at end of first line of text in left box is not hyphenated;
  • schedule number has second line justified right beyond first line;
  • year has four digits;
  • larger size
    128 × 200 mm;
  • various alignment differences from
    DO-10A (e.g. in the heading, C of COMM..." over O of "POST...").
10F AW-DO-10F (49).

Goulburn to Mortlake, Vic
18 February 1959.

Characteristics:

  • text under line beneath heading begins with new CHL. No.;
  • left box has five lines and larger font;
  • there is a space before the first word in the left box;
  • Schedule number is printed higher and has second line indented further left;
  • year has four digits;
  • 99 × 188 mm.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-10Aa (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949. 26 September 1950 at St. Arnaud, Vic C
DO-10Ab (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949. 24 March 1955 at Ivanhoe, Vic. NC
DO-10B (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949. 14 March 1951 at C.T.O. Sydney. NC
DO-10BB (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949. 9 May 1950 at Telegraph Office Fremantle, W.A. NC
DO-10C (49) No schedule number. 1 November 1950 at Waratah, Tasmania. R
DO-10D (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/49.   R
DO-10E (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949. 12 May 1950 at C.T.O. Melbourne. C
DO-10F (49) Sch. C. 6040 7/1949 18 February 1959 at Mortlake, Vic. NC

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