TI-TO-1

Tasmania - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Ordinary rate transmission form: TI-TO-1.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. 2. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above changed crest. On left, inclusion of Victorian heading POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. On right, addition of STATE OF TASMANIA.
Message area:	6 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on blue paper.
Size of form overall:	214 × 174 mm

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

row of 5 boxes for "Stamps" following a box with a pointing hand. The last box on the right is for a Date stamp;
inclusion of the heading POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS reflects the organisation where all Tasmanian forms were printed by the Victorian Government Printer during the Interim period;
very similar information box in the lower left corner as included in the last Colonial transmission form;
no written date or schedule number. Annotation on the reverse indicates the form was available before March 1909.

Provenance: Clemente, Johnstone.

TI-TO-1.

Unused transmission form.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TO-1	None.	No indication.	RRRR