IAB-DC-5

Printed in July 1928.
IAB-DC-5. Croydon (England) to Parliament House, Canberra. 7 August 1931. Addressed to the Leader of the Opposition LCO Latham and signed by (James Allan - aka Jim) Mollison. Characteristics: heading is in upper and lower case serif letters - capitals are 8 mm high; schedule numer has been moved to the left of the date stamp box. NOTE: Jim Mollison was married to Amy Johnson - he proposed to her just 8 hours after they met and while he was piloting a commercial flight. Flying together or solo, the "Flying Sweetheatrs" - as they became known - established many aviation records.
	Cover containing the above Cablegram endorsed by the then Leader of the Opposition Mr (later Sir) John Grieg Latham. Endorsement reads: "Message received from J. A. Mollison in breaking record Australia to England by air" 7 August 1931. J. G. Latham.
	Reverse side of the above envelope showing the flap with the House of Representatives crest.
	Mollison arrived at Croydon on 6 August after flying from Australia in under nine days He beat the record set up by C. W. A. Scott by two days. He flew a D. H. Moth An Australian Kangaroo was taken from Australia House, London, to meet him.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DC-5	Sch. C337 - 7/1928.	7 August 1931 at TELEGRAPHS Canberra, FCT.	RRR

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 8. Received Cablegram or Radiogram. Standard Commonwealth format.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Blue on cream.
Size of form overall:	164 × 209 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	30 × 34 mm.