Victoria - Colonial period: 1854-1900.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-7.

 
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number E.T. No. 1.
Heading is POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.
No Crest or postal authority.
Message area: 32 boxes in eight lines.
Reverse side: 14 Regulations and conditions as for Form DO-4.
Colours (text & form): Blue on light cream.
Size of form overall: 239 × 216 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 

Printed in April 1874.
VC-DO-7.
Racecourse to Melbourne
(7 November 1874).

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number
Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-7 500,000 - 2|74. 12 April 1875 at Richmond, Vic. R
  750,000 - 4|74. 7 November 1874 at Melbourne. R
  750,000 - 4|75. 31 March 1876 at Richmond. R