Tasmania - Colonial period: 1857-1900.
Ordinary rate delivery form: TC-DO-3.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number.
TASMANIA is above ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH which spans the 39 mm Crest.
Message area: 7 lines.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on blue.
Size of form overall: 165 × 220 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
Print Jan 7425,000 forms printed in January 1874. TC-DO-3A.

Hobarton to Brighton.
24 August 1874.

Characteristics:

  • has schedule number in the lower left corner.

Very special telegram about the Brighton race-course.
3A Green ponds
10,000 forms printed in July 1874.		 TC-DO-3A.

Launceston to Green Ponds.
3 October 1874.

Characteristics:

  • has schedule number in the lower left corner.

Has a date stamp for Green Ponds - the earliest recorded use of a date stamp on a Tasmanian telegram form.
TC-DO-3B TC-DO-3B.

George Town to Launceston
(15 April 1879).

Characteristics:

  • no schedule or printing date number.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-3A 25,000 | 1 | 74 25 August 1874 at Brighton. R
  10,000 | 7 | 74 30 October 1874 at Green Ponds. NC
  10,000 | 12 | 74 4 February 1875 at Bothwell. NC
  20,000 | 12 | 74 22 February 1875 at ??. NC
  20,440 | 3 | 75 2 February 1876 at Queenstown. NC
DO-3B None. 6 August 1877 at Sorell. NC