Australia - War and recovery: 1939-1957.
Ordinary rate delivery form: AW-DO-10 (47).
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: 1947 printing. Form number T.G. 42.
Standard heading above TELEGRAM.
Message area: Blank - area occupies nearly 80% of form.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on cream.
Size of form overall: 101 × 195 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
DO-10Aa 47Printed in June 1947. AW-DO-10A (47).

Nelson to CTO Melbourne, Vic. (20 May 1949).

Characteristics:

Standard format;

  • text in box at top left has five lines and is left justified;
  • "/" between the month and the year for the date.

Printed in June 1947.
Mr. Wild was joining the Dominion Monarch five months after she had carried the New Zealand Cricket team to England for its summer tour and two months before she carried the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Union team back home from Durban after their South African tour. 		AW-DO-10A (47).

Possibly a cable from London via Perth to Kalgoorlie.
18 July 1949.

See the listing of the label.

A significant telegram for its contents. It was requiring Mr. Gerald Wild (later based in Exmouth W.A.) to immediately join the S.S. Dominion Monarch as First Radio Officer. This ship was one of the largest and most significant cruise ships in the world. She served the England - Australia - New Zealand route for two years before serving as a troop ship during the war and then returningn to civilian cruises. She could carry 535 passengers and a crew of 385.

See elsewhere for further details of the Dominion Monarch.

The Dominion Monarch in Sydney Harbour during one of its voyages.
AW-DO-10b47Ba
Printed in June 1947.		 AW-DO-10B.

Ilkeston P.O. UK by Cable to Footscray (23 March 1949).

Characterstics:

  • form number T.G. 42B;
  • schedule number aligned left;
  • five lines of text (left justified) in the top left box;
  • "No." aligned with T/C/B (as usual for this format).
AW-DO-18BB
Printed in July 1947.		 AW-DO-10BB (47).

Sefton to Lithgow
(9 June 1948).

Characteristics:

  • Form number T.G.42BB;
  • very different schedule number from other 1947 forms;
  • has portion of the next form at the base allowing an estimate that these forms were 102 mm apart on the roll.
10C July 1948
Printed in August 1947.		 AW-DO-10C (47).

St Peter, SA to Cooranbong, NSW
24 July 1948.

Has rubber POST OFFICE date stamp.

Characteristics:

  • text in box at top left has six lines and first line finishes with "re-";
  • TELEGRAM is only 34 mm wide;
  • the first word "The" in the top right box is indented.
AW-DO-10D 47
Printed in June 1947.		 AW-DO-10D (47).

Stones Corner, Qld to Miles, Qld (25 February 1949).

Characteristics:

  • no schedule number. Must be 1947 printing because it has the same varietal characteristics as DO-10A (47);
  • text in box at top left has six lines and first line finishes with "re-".

Few of these forms have been seen and they are all used in Queensland.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-10Aa (47) Sch. C. 5351 6/1947. 14 January 1949 at Geelong West. C
DO-10B (47) Sch. C. 5351 6/1947. 23 March 1949 at Footscray, Victoria. C
DO-10BB (47) Sch. C. 5403 7/1947. 9 June 1948 at Lithgow, NSW. C
DO-10C (47) Sch. C. 5351 8/1947. 24 July 1948 at Cooranbong, NSW. C
DO-10D (47) None. 25 February 1949 at Miles, Qld. R

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