VC-DO-11

Victoria - Colonial period: 1854-1900.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-11.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 1. Heading is POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. No Crest.
Message area:	32 boxes in 8 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Blue on cream.
Size of form overall:	219 × 229 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

heading is in 5 mm serif font;
POST OFFICE heading starts to right of centre of left box;
one vertical line of text at the left;
"NO FEES.." has wavy lines above and below beginning between the "..EE..";
date begins --/--/8_;
line above boxes is at the same level as ER of GENERAL at left;
the main distinctions amongst the varieties are:
11A: "Telegram" is in italic sans serif font;
11B: "Telegram" is printed in italic serif text and quantity printed is under the form number;
11C: "Telegram" is printed in italic serif text and quantity printed is NOT printed under the form number.

VC-DO-11A.

Hobsons Bay Rail to Richmond
(31 January 1883).

Characteristics:

Probably printed during 1885.

VC-DO-11B.
Melbourne to Richmond
(19 January 1886).

Characteristics:

VC-DO-11C.

Melbourne to
Telegraph Office Sandhurst
23 May 1887.

Characteristics:

POST OFFICE heading is 122 mm wide;
31 mm wide box in top right corner;
"Telegram for" is in italic serif font;
no schedule number or quantity printed under form number E.T.-No. 1
in top left corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-11A	None - only quantity printed (750,000).	31 January 1883 at Richmond.	NC
DO-11B	None - only quantity printed (750,000).	15 January 1886 at Richmond.	NC
	None - only quantity printed (250,000).	23 August 1886 at Richmond.	NC
DO-11C	None.	23 May 1887 at Telegraph Office Sandhurst.	NC