Queensland - Colonial: 1861-1900.
Transmission form: QC-TO-OHMS-1.

 
General characteristics:

Heading and notes:

No Form number.
O.H.M.S. in serif font above Crest and ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in sans-serif font.

Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on WHITE.
Size of form overall: (A): 123 × 205 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
Butt 187_
Provenance: Dave Elsmore.
QC-TO-OHMS - 1.

Unused form.

Date finishes with 187_ .

The method used to bind the forms into the book involved three distinct holes separated by some distance.

OHMS Archives
Queensland State Archives.
Image of a book of OHMS butts from transmission forms sent by the Mines Department during the period 19 August to 16 November 1874.
Butt
Provenance: Queensland Archives.
QC-TO-OHMS - B.

9 February 1897.

Date finishes with 18__ .

The method used to bind the forms into the book involved two pairs of holes about a third of the way from the top and bottom of the form.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number
Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
TO-OHMS-1 None (19 August 1874 for stub used at Brisbane). RRRR