Victoria - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Reply paid form: VI-RO-2.
Reply paid form: VI-RO-2.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 10. Standard Interim period heading. |
| Message area: | 6 lines of 5 boxes. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on green. |
| Size of form overall: | 145 × 210 mm (top section only). |
| Size of datestamp box: | 33 × 33 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- format for the heading changed to include POSTMASTER-GENERAL's ...;
- Telegram from ... replaces From etc in heading;
- no vertical text at the left;
- two lines of text under the heading but none at the base;
- the main distinctions between the varieties are:
2A: printed on green paper and has "Station" at the end of the "Telegram from" line;
2B: printed on brown paper and has o word at the end of the "Telegram from" line;
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| RO-2A | None | 4 July 1907 at Maryborough. | RRRR if a complete form with two sections. RR if one section used. |
| RO-2B | None | 4 December 1909 at St. Arnaud, Vic. |