Tasmania - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Ordinary rate delivery form: TI-DO-1.

 
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above
POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS, TASMANIA in Gothic script spanning the Crest.
Form No. T. 8 (not for format 1C).
Message area: 5 lines.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on cream.
Size of form overall: 193 × 222 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 28 × 46 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

 Note: there is an ambiguity in classifying these three formats in order.

TI-DO-1A TI-DO-1A.
King Street, Sydney to Burnie
4 July 1905.

Characteristics:

  • COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
  • has form number
    T. No. 8.;
  • centre line "Received..." is indented to the end of CHECK above and is in ordinary serif font. Ends with "Message";
  • line above sender details at base ends with "Tasmania".


Gen PO

TI-DO-1Ba.

Oaklands to Hobart.
2 June 1905.

Characteristics:

  • COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
  • has form number
    T. No. 8.;
  • centre line "Received..." is in Gothic script and ends with "from";
  • line above sender details at base ends with "Australia";
  • no schedule number in the lower left corner
    (1st printing).

 

TI-DO-1B TI-DO-1Bb.
St. Kilda to Launceston.
11 December 1905.

Characteristics:

  • COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
  • has form number
    T. No. 8.;
  • centre line "Received..." is in Gothic script and ends with "from";
  • line above sender details ends with "Australia";
  • plain edge at left;
  • except in the first printing, has a schedule number in lower left corner.
TI-DO-1C TI-DO-1C.
Candelo to Hobart
13 December 1904.

Characteristics:

  • COMMONWEALTH ... is in serif font;
  • no form number;
  • centre line "Received..." is in Gothic script, is indented even further than for 1A above and ends with "from";
  • line above sender details ends with "Australia";
  • serrated edge at left.

 

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number
Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-1A None 25 April 1905 at Oatlands. R
DO-1B None 10 February 1905 at Gen. Post Office. R
  B6015 ... 15 6 November 1905 at Burnie. R
  B7557 ... 15 5 February 1906 at Burnie. R
  B11345 ... 15 24 September 1906 at Hobart. R
  B11765 ... 15 16 November 1906 at Hobart R
  B12495 ... 15 11 December 1906 at Launceston. R
DO-1C None 25 March 1904 at Hamilton. R