Heading and notes: | Cable & Wireless - also Eastern Extensionon the earlier printings in Australia. |
Message area: | Blank. |
Reverse side: | Blank. |
Colours (text & form): | Red on cream. |
Size of form overall: | 202 × 195 mm (later to 200 mm wide). |
Size of datestamp box: | 33 mm diameter. |
Form printed in Australia - date not recorded. |
IAC-DO-3A.
Empire Forces to Brighton, Vic. Characteristics:
The message was originally written in code. The code phrases were numbered 57, 87 and 41. See elsewhere for the table to allow one to "break the code". The message had been recorded on ticker tape but was typed on the form after the ticker tape had been interpreted. |
IAC-DO-3B. Unused delivery form. Characteristics:
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IAC-DO-3B.
Unused delivery form. W Birmingham to Melbourne. Release of a Prisoner of War. Characteriustics: |
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Printed in England in September 1940. |
IAC-DO-3C. Overseas to Pascoe Vale, Vic. An interesting form in all respects. First - the form was printed in England for use in the West Indies. So how did at least one of the pads make it to Australia? The format is exactly the same as the form above which was printed in Australia. Second - the message was sent from overseas and so it conjures up many possibilities about war-time relationships. |
Details of use and rarity.
Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
DO-3 | None | 1 September 1942 at C&W then Walkerville, SA. | R |