Australia - various periods: 1917-1988.
Gummed telegram delivery docket.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number T.G. 56a.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank with a 14 mm strip of adhesive.
Colours (text & form): Black on light cream.
Size of form overall: see below.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AB-ADG-13A.

Small docket with 14 mm of adhesive on the reverse side (left as viewed from the front).

It was intended that this docket would be attached to the delivery envelope when it was returned to the Telegraph Office.

No genuine example of this format of the docket attached to a delivery envelope is recorded.

Size: 56 mm × 82 mm.

Has Form Number T.G. 56A (in capitals).
AD-4B AA-ADG-13B.

Used on a Wattle Greetings window envelope (AA-GGE-2) on 27 September 1963.

Characteristics:

  • has form number T.G. 56a (lower case);
  • has stores number 119... in the lower left corner;
  • size: 59 × 81 mm.
DA 4C
Printed in January 1959.		 AA-ADG-13C.

Used on an INTERNATIONAL OTC window envelope (IAO-EO-5A) on 24 June 1971.

Characteristics:

  • has form number T.G. 56A (capital);
  • size: 57 × 88 mm;
  • schedule number in the lower left corner.

 
DA-4D
Printed in 1971.		 AA-ADG-13D.

Used on an INTERNATIONAL OTC window envelope (IAO-EO-5A) on 13 July 1972.

Characteristics:

  • has form number T.X. 56A (capital);
  • size: 51 × 82 mm;
  • schedule number in the lower left corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
ADG-13A None   RR
ADG-13B None 27 September 1963. RR
ADG-13C O/N.C.2065. - 1/59 24 June 1971. RR
ADG-13D QTN. C. 810/71 13 July 1972. RR