Telegrams were designed to assist with a variety of purposes - especially for commemorative purposes.
Many types of telegraph stationery carried advertisements describing the types of telegrams which were available. The themes can be grouped as follows:
| 1. Phonogram Facility. | |
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TELEGRAPH PHONOGRAM FACILITY. Used as the first advertisement of three on the reverse side of ordinary rate delivery form AB-DO-7D. Printed in March 1930 and used at TELEGRAPHS Wagga Wagga on 9 June 1934. For a review of Phonograms and the forms used, see elsewhere. |
2. Reply Paid telegrams. |
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A REPLY PAID TELEGRAM... Used as the lower advertisement on the front side of ordinary rate delivery envelope AW-EO-14E. For a discussion of the Reply Paid telegrams, see elsewhere. |
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A REPLY PAID TELEGRAM... Used as the advertisement in the top left corner on the front side of urgent rate delivery envelope AW-EU-9A. |
3. Generic Social telegrams. |
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USE THE TELEGRAPH FOR ... Used as the top left advertisement on the front side of urgent delivery envelope AB-EU-3 used at Glen Iris, Victoria on 4 April 1931. For a summary of the Ornamental Social telegrams, see elsewhere. |
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Send a Telegram (and) Send a Reply-Paid Telegram. Used as the first of three advertisements on the reverse side of delivery form AB-DO-7Ba. Printed in April 1933 and used at CTO Melbourne on 4 April 1934. Also used on:
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Ornamental telegram forms ... Used in the top left corner of the front of opaque and window delivery envelopes from about 1938 onwards (AW-EO-7 to AW-EO-10). |
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Ornamental telegram forms ... Used on the flap of ordinary PMG correspondence envelopes about 1937. |
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Ornamental telegram forms were used for a variety of purposes from 1929 to the late 1950s. This advertisement was used on the reverse side of transmission form AB-TO-7C on 7 May 1936. It has a scarce image of Hermes in a circle and printed in black. |