Australia - Telecom: 1975-1988.
Ordinary rate delivery form: AT-DO-14.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number TX 42.
TELEGRAM at top left with
TELECOM AUSTRALIA at left or at right with logo.
Space for Office Date Stamp at right.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Green on yellow.
Size of form overall: 127 × 200-205 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

  • small heading area taking up only about 17% of the form;
  • the main distinctions amongst the varieties are:
    14A: TELECOM heading at left above TELEGRAM;
    14B: TELECOM and logo at right with schedule number;
    14C: TELECOM and logo at right but schedule number in lower left corner.
London to Exmouth, W.A.
18 September 1978.
AT-DO-14A.

Characteristics:

  • TELEGRAM in thick letters;
  • TELECOM AUSTRALIA at left;
  • schedule number under TELEGRAM.
Sydney to Sydney Cricket Ground, Paddington
23 June 1978.

See Dee Why Telegraph Office for another Eadie telegram.

AT-DO-14A.

All features except form number are the same as for the above form.
This form has a very modern but very scarce TELECOM date stamp.

AT-DO-14B Sydney to Kempsey
Scarce Telegraphs date stamp of 13 April 1982.
AT-DO-14B.

Characteristics:

  • TELECOM and logo in the top right corner together with the scgedule number;
  • TELEGRAM in thick letters.
AT-DO-14C Palmerston to Driver
30 April 1985).
AT-DO-14C.

Characteristics:

  • TELEGRAM in thinner letters;
  • TELECOM AUSTRALIA with logo at right;
  • schedule number could be in any of the three corners except TLC.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-14A TX 42 O/N C46397/74L 18 September 1978 at Telegraph Office, Exmouth, W.A.

C as unused forms.

RR as a used form.
  TX 42 O/N C49591/76-L 23 June 1978 at Chief Telegraph Office TELECOM Sydney.
DO-14B TX 42 O/N C53674 22 August 1980 at Condobolin, NSW.
DO-14C TX 42 (6/80) O/N C63912/83 29 September 1983 at Telegraph Section, Colac, Vic.
  TX 42 (6/80) O/N C65538/83 30 April 1985 at Palmerston, NT.
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