Australia - International - Eastern Extension.
Delivery envelope: IAX-EO-2.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: TELEGRAM with large Eastern Extension circular logo at the left.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Has "Via Eastern".
Colours (text & form): Red on cream although most envelopes have aged to a brown shade by now.
Size of form overall: 87 × 152 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
Regd sydney front IAE-EO-2A.

Rare used and registered envelope for local delivery in Sydney.
15 May 1923.

Characteristics:

  • has the words INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND beneath the seal on the left.
Regd Sydney reverse IAE-EO-2A (reverse).

Reverse side of the above delivery envelope.

Characteristic:

  • "Printed in England ...." in the lower left corner is between two lines.

 
Seal on 2A Seal on another complete EO-2A cover showing the writing under the seal.
DO-2B IAE-EO-2B.

Date of use unknown.

Characteristics:

  • no words beneath the seal;
  • depiction of animals on either side of the central crest very different;
  • globe of the world has many more details.

 
IAE-EO-2B.

Date of use unknown
(front has mss "1916").

Cover has MESSRS ELDER, SOTH & Co Ltd" printed.

Front has small "Printed in England ..." annotation printed upside-down in black in LLC.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
EO-2A None 15 May 1923 at Sydney. R (used)
EO-2B None.   R (used)