AA-GX-56

Australia - APO period: 1957-1975.
1956 Christmas and New Year Greetings: AA-GX-56.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form numbers T.G. 42C (sheet format) and T.G. 42D (roll format). No matching delivery envelopes were printed.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Multicoloured on cream.
Size of form overall:	Sheet format: 151 × 203 mm. Roll format 135 × 216 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

issued in December 1956 and discontinued in 1959;
has Post Office Communications Australia
sub-heading replacing the usual PMG heading;
issued in both sheet form and in rolls.

This form is the last of the Christmas and New Year Greetings ornamental forms.

GX-56A

AA-GXF-56A.

Brisbane to Barcaldine
(23 December 1958).

Characteristics:

Form number T.G. 42C;
sheet form.

GXF-56B

AA-GXF-56B.

Heidelberg West, Vic to Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW
(Telegraph Office at Rockdale
25 December 1956).

Characteristics:

Form number T.G. 42D;
form from a roll showing the tops of two consecutive forms.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number

Schedule number

Earliest recorded date

Rarity rating

GXF-56A

None.

23 December 1958 at Barcaldine, Qld.

RR if used.

C if unused.

GXF-56B

None.

25 December 1956 at T.O. Rockdale.