AE-EO-1 details

Australia - Establishment period: 1901-1917.
Ordinary rate delivery envelope - details of format: AE-EO-1.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. No reference to COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & envelope):	Red on cream.
Size of envelope overall:	80 × 136 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

details of the writing on the front of the first Commonwealth ordinary rate delivery envelopes.

AE-EO-1 (Qld).

Note:

width of TELEGRAM is 42 mm;
top of A is narrower;
top hook of G has a straight end and there is a wide gap to the horizontal gap below;
M aligned under left side of A.

Alignment from A to M.

AE-EO-1 (NSW).

Issued by New SouthWales.

Printed without the seal on the flap.

Note:

width of TELEGRAM is 44.5 mm;
top of A is broader;
top hook of G has a slanted end and there is a wide gap to the horizontal gap below;
M aligned under right bar of H.

Alignment from H to M.

AE-EO-1 (Victoria).

Note:

width of TELEGRAM is 44.5 mm;
top of A is narrower;
top hook of G has a straight end and there is a narrow gap to the horizontal gap below;
M aligned under C.

Alignment from C to M.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
	Not relevant here.	See main page.