Tasmania - Colonial period: 1857-1900.
Transmission form: TC-TO-2.

 
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, TASMANIA below Crest.
Message area: 30 boxes in 6 lines.
Reverse side: 17 Regulations.
Colours (text & form): Red on blue.
Size of form overall: 170 × 215 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

 The format of the heading of this form is similar to that for the transmission form issued by Victoria
in about 1870-71 (VC-TO-5).

TC-TO-2
Probably printed in 1870.
TC-TO-2.

?? to Hobart (13 June 1871).

(Tasmanian Stamp Auctions, August 2012).

See also the 1871 use of this format for a telegram being sent to the Schooner Annie at Hobart.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number
Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
TO-2 None 2 June 1871 at Green Ponds. RRR