Australia - War and recovery: 1940-1957.
Ordinary rate delivery form: AW-DO-10 (43).

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: 1943 printing: Form numbers T.G. 42 and T.G. 42B.
Standard heading above TELEGRAM.
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on cream.
Size of form overall: Normal (A) format: 103 × 189 mm (except for 10Ab which is 93 mm high).
Teleprinter (B) format: 112 (approx) × 197 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

The 1943 forms all have the same schedule number Sch. C. 4163 7/1943 regardless of the differences in format details.

AW-DO-10Aa AW-DO-10Aa (43).

Great Britain to Brighton, Victoria via Cable.
26 October 1943 (early usage).

Characteristics:

  • "No." is aligned with T/C/B;
  • both lines of schedule number are left justified;
  • "Received" at the end of the first line in the left box is not hyphenated;
  • TELEGRAM is 4 mm high.

There are also a number of minor spacing differences amongst the DO-10A forms.

Printed July 1943.		 AW-DO-10Ab (43).

Military Post to Goondiwindi
(Chief Telegraph Office, Brisbane.
22 December 1943).

Characteristics:

  • "No." is indented 6 mm from T/C/B;
  • both lines of schedule number are left justified;
  • "Received" at the end of the first line in the left box is not hyphenated;
  • TELEGRAM is 5 mm high.
43-AW-DO-10Ac AW-DO-10Ac (43).

Winnap to Victoria Barracks, Melbourne (?? 1944).

Characteristics:

  • "No." is indented 4.5 mm from T/C/B;
  • both lines of schedule number are left justified;;
  • "Received" at the end of the first line in the left box is not hyphenated;
  • TELEGRAM is 5 mm high.
AW-DO-10Ba(43)
Printed in July 1943.		 AW-DO-10B (43).

Sydney to Wagga Wagga, NSW
(8 November 1944).

Characteristics:

  • B format.
  • full-stop after DEPARTMENT;
  • TELEGRAM is in larger letters (line underneath is 43.5 mm long);
  • "No." is aligned with T/C/B;
  • 4th line in TL box finishes with "at".

 

 
43_AW-DO-10Ab
Printed in July 1943.
The message is written in the code used by the Commomwealth Savings Bank.		 AW-DO-10C (43).

Melbourne to R.A.A.F base Sandgate
C. 302 (2 March 1945).

Characteristics:

  • second line of schedule number at left is indented;
  • in the top left box:
    * text is centered:
    * "received" at the end of the first line is hyphenated;
    * there are six lines of text.
AW-DO-10D 43
Printed in July 1943.		 AW-DO-10D (43).

Adelaide to Telegraph Office Townsville
(30 December 1943).

A light blue printing version had a number of varieties including:

  • Schedule number is in one line and partly written underneath the left box;
  • "Telegraph" on 2nd line in left box is hyphenated;
  • the last line in top box begins with "shown" which is indented;
  • line underneath TELEGRAM heading is 45 mm long;
  • "No." is aligned with right side of box.

 

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-10Aa (43) Sch. C. 4163 7/1943. 26 October 1943 at Brighton, Vic. NC
DO-10Ab (43) Sch. C. 4163 7/1943. 22 December 1943 at CTO Brisbane. C
DO-10Ac (43) Sch. C. 4163 7/1943. ?? 1944 at CTO Melbourne. C
DO-10B (43) Sch. C. 4163 7/1943. 5 January 1944 at CTO Melbourne. NC
DO-10C (43) Sch. C. 4163 7/1943. 21 December 1944 at Rozelle, NSW. C
DO-10D (43) Sch. C. 4163 - 7 - 1943. 20 December 1943 at Townsville, Qld. R.

 

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