SI-DO-2

South Australia - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Delivery form: SI-DO-2.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. Has Commonwealth ... above State heading.
Message area:	2A: 6 lines of 4 boxes; 2B: blank
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Red on pale yellow.
Size of form overall:	179 × 223 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	28 × 46 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

has POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS in the heading instead of POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT;
has no schedule number;
the main distinctions amongst the varieties are:
2A: message area has boxes;
2B: message area is blank.

SI-DO-2A.

Adelaide to Narracoorte.
31 July 1905.

Characteristics:

printed in red;
has boxes for details of originating station;
six lines of four boxes in the message area.

This form shows two spellings for Narracoorte or Naracoorte.

SI-DO-2A

Pymble, NSW to Port Adelaide
2 November 1905.

Characteristics:

printed in red on white/cream paper;
message area has six lines of four boxes;
there is a box for recording the "Station From" information.

Same form as that above but demonstrating how so many telegram forms are mutilated either for filing or so that they will "fit into an album"!!! This even to a form which is nearly the earliest date recorded.

Notice the trimming to the TLC, the sides and at the base compared to the form above.

Provenance: Dave Elsmore.

SI-DO-2B.

Brisbane to Telegraphs Adelaide
30 April 1908.

Characteristics:

message area is unlined;
the name of the Station originating the message (here it was Sydney but crossed out) is printed on the form;

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-2A	None.	31 July 1905 at Naracoorte.	R
DO-2B	None	20 April 1908 at Telegraphs Adelaide.	R