WC-TO-3

Western Australia - Colonial period: 1861 - 1900.
Transmission form: WC-TO-3.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WESTERN AUSTRALIA spans the central crest.
Message area:	8 lines of 5 boxes.
Reverse side:	Regulations and Charges (3A) or blank (3B).
Colours (text & form):	Black on cream.
Size of form overall:	171 × 216 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

has Place in the top right corner for the Sending Station - which was ambigous to some Officers - compare the examples below;
all message details recorded in a box in the top left corner;
first printings were during the 1880s;
the main distinctions amongst the varieties are:
3A: heading is in capitalised serif font;
3B: heading is in upper and lower case gothic font.

Also see the rare posted form elsewhere.

WC-TO-3B

WC-TO-3A.
Albany to Melbourne
2 December 1889.

Characteristics:

heading is in serif capitals;
date starts "188 _";
reverse side has Regulations and Scale of Charges.

WC-TO-3B

WC-TO-3B.

Cue to Adelaide
5 February 1899.

Characteristics:

heading is in Gothic script;
date starts "189 _";
reverse side is blank;

See elsewhere for the very rare form with this format posted from Perth to Guilford on 14 September 1898.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TO-3A	None	2 December 1889 at Albany.	NC
TO-3B	None.	21 March 1892 at Perth.	NC