Tasmania - Colonial: 1857 -1900.
Ordinary forms used for cable transmission.


The usual practice was that ordinary transmission or delivery forms were used to record the messages sent between Tasmania and Victoria via the cable - especially after the 1869 cable became operational.

 

Use of transmission forms.


Transmission form TC-TO-2 used to record a message sent from Green Ponds to Melbourne on 24 July 1871.

By this time, the 1869 cable was fully operational.

The cost was 8/10 for the 15 words.