Victoria - Colonial period: 1854-1900.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-18.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-18.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | No Form number.
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. |
| Message area: | 20 boxes in 5 lines. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on cream. |
| Size of form overall: | 193 × 222 mm. |
| Size of datestamp box: | 28 × 46 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- special delivery form for use in the Telegraph Branch
with telegrams sent from specific offices. - no form number;
- no schedule number;
- similar in format to VC-DO-14 especially in terms of the font for the heading.
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VC-DO-18. Spencer Street to Melbourne (Telegraph Branch) 10 February 1897. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DO-17 | None | 10 February 1897 from Spencer Street. | RR |