Urgent Label - Telegraph Messenger.
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An important but very rare label was used in Victoria in the 1890s to indicate that an URGENT LETTER was to be delivered immediately by the Telegraph Messenger.
No details are known about this provision as it is not referenced in the Regulations. It can be inferred that the additional cost was 6d for the express fee. Given that special labels were printed and used in at least two quite distant offices implies that the provision was well founded.
Only three examples of the label are known - one is apparently in very poor condition. They are printed in black on thin green/grey paper and applied to the envelope with gum at the top.
Prestige September 2011 Lot 810. |
Horsham to South Richmond. 19 September 1894. Franking of 2d purple and 6d blue Stamp Duties. Size of label: 7.5 × 11 cm. |
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Northcote to Bendigo. 23 October 1894. Franking of a pair of 1d brown Naish and 6d blue Stamp Duty. Size: 7 × 11 cm. |
