SI-DO-6

South Australia - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Delivery form: SI-DO-6.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 1. Standard 2 line interim heading with TELEGRAM above heading.
Message area:	Lined (6A) or blank (6B).
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Blue or black on buff.
Size of form overall:	194 × 224 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	26 × 28 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

TELEGRAM above heading;
no vertical lines of text at left;
the main distinctions between the two varieties are:
6A: message area is lined;
6B: message area is blank.

SI-DO-6A

Printed in August 1917.

SI-DO-6A.

Port Pirie to Wallaroo
(21 June 1918).

Characteristics:

TELEGRAM heading and PMG heading both 3 m high;
message area is lined;
schedule number under Date Stamp box.

(Premier Auction Feb. 2012
Lot 114).

SI-DO-6B

Printed in September 1916.

SI-DO-6B.

Bourke Street, Vic to Adelaide
(31 March 1917).

Characteristics:

TELEGRAM heading and PMG heading both 3 m high;
message area is blank;
schedule number under Date Stamp box.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-6A	600000 - 21.8.17 66	21 June 1918 at Wallaroo.	RR
DO-6B	1000000 - 18.12.15 3002	24 November 1916 at Adelaide.	R
	500000 - 12.9.16 409	31 March 1917 at Adelaide.	R