WI-DO-2

Western Australia - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Delivery form: WI-DO-2.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 2. Standard Interim period heading.
Message area:	30 unnumbered boxes in 6 lines. or blank
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Red on cream.
Size of form overall:	136 × 210 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
the main distinctions scross the three varieties are:
2A: no words under the form number;
2B: has PREFIX under the form number for recording the call number of the transmitting station
(2Ba has no schedule number, 2Bb has a schedule number in the lower left corner).
2C: has PREFIX under the form number and message area is unlined.
(2Ca has no schedule number, 2Cb has a schedule number in the lower left corner).

	WI-DO-2Aa. Message to Perth Scarce PERTH E.T.O. date stamp of 22 April 1907. only has form mumber E.T. No. 2 in the top left corner;
	WI-DO-2Ab. Message from Perth to Cue. RO6-P&TO of 30 October 1906. only has form mumber E.T. No. 2 in the top left corner; has a Schedule number of 942/06 in the lower left corner.
	WI-DO-2Ab. Message from Perth to Southern Cross. RO6-TO of 7 January 1907. Has a small printed red mark in the LLC. Perhaps a stray foreign piece of paper prevented further printing of a schedule number - or was responsible for the printed mark.
	WI-DO-2B. Law Courts, Melbourne to Perth. ETO date stamp of 6 May 1909. Characteristics: has PREFIX under form number in top left corner; only two lines of text in lower left corner.
	WI-DO-2Ca. Collingwood, Victoria to Perth. Perth ETO datestamp of 14 November 1910. Characteristics: message area is unlined. has PREFIX under form number in top left corner; has two lines of vertical text at left; has no schedule number in the lower left corner; the TIME RECEIVED line now incorporates BY; has no opening word before the last line in the lower right corner.
	WI-DO-2Cb. Broomehill to Perth. Perth ETO datestamp of 8 August 1911. Characteristics: message area is unlined. has PREFIX under form number in top left corner; has two lines of vertical text at left; has Schedule number [D1789/11 S. 25.] in the lower left corner. the TIME RECEIVED line now incorporates BY; has no opening word before the last line in the lower right corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-2Aa	None	22 April 1907 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Ab	942/06.	30 October 1906 at Cue.	RRRR
DO-2B	None	6 May 1909 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Ca	None	14 November 1910 at ETO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Cb	a5493/09	2 February 1910 at ETO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Cb	d9789/11 8. 25	8 August 1911 at ETO Perth.	RRRR