Australia - International: 1917-1988.
Cablegram delivery form: IAB-DC-5.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number E.T. No. 8.
Received Cablegram or Radiogram.
Standard Commonwealth format.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on cream.
Size of form overall: 164 × 209 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 30 × 34 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 

Printed in July 1928.
IAB-DC-5.

Croydon (England) to Parliament House, Canberra.
7 August 1931.

Addressed to the Leader of the Opposition LCO Latham and signed by (James Allan - aka Jim) Mollison.

Characteristics:

  • heading is in upper and lower case serif letters - capitals are 8 mm high;
  • schedule numer has been moved to the left of the date stamp box.

NOTE: Jim Mollison was married to Amy Johnson - he proposed to her just 8 hours after they met and while he was piloting a commercial flight. Flying together or solo, the "Flying Sweetheatrs" - as they became known - established many aviation records.
Cover Cover containing the above Cablegram endorsed by the then Leader of the Opposition Mr (later Sir) John Grieg Latham.

Endorsement reads:
"Message received from J. A. Mollison in breaking record Australia to England by air"

7 August 1931.
J. G. Latham.

Flap Reverse side of the above envelope showing the flap with the House of Representatives crest.

Mollison

Mollison arrived at Croydon on 6 August after flying from Australia in under nine days He beat the record set up by C. W. A. Scott by two days.

He flew a D. H. Moth

An Australian Kangaroo was taken from Australia House, London, to meet him.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DC-5 Sch. C337 - 7/1928. 7 August 1931 at TELEGRAPHS Canberra, FCT. RRR