WC-EO-5

Western Australia - Colonial: 1869-1900.
Delivery envelope: WC-EO-5.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No Form number. Heading is TELEGRAM in red capital serif letters.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Red on brown.
Size of form overall:	79 × 137 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

Similar design to the envelopes printed in the late 1890s by New South Wales and Victoria. No reference to NO FEES ...;

Procenance: Gundersen.
Prestige Philately March 2007 Lot 456.

WC-EO-5.

Broome to Singapore.
13 July 1900.

TELEGRAM delivery envelope of Western Australia used to send a telegram internationally. This usage is very rare - only recorded example of this item.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
EO-5	None.	13 June 1900 at Broome, WA.	NC