New South Wales - Colonial period: 1858 - 1900.
Ordinary rate delivery form: NC-DO-9.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number. Heading changed to
NEW SOUTH WALES POST AND TELEGRAPH.
Message area: Boxes numbered to 35.
Reverse side: Boxes continuing the numbering to 100 or to 110. No Regulations.
Colours (text & form): Orange on yellow.
Size of form overall: 225 × 187 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 20 × 34 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 


NC-DO-9A.

Bombala to Hunter Street, Sydney CBD.
23 July 1890.

Use of the rare RO7-ETO date stamp for the Electric Telegraph Office.
NC-DO-9A NC-DO-9A.

Sydney to Armidale
(11 April 1892).

A very rare oval Electric Telegraph date stamp for Armidale.

Characteristics:

  • text at the base of "TELEGRAM from ..." box is in normal font;
  • message boxes are numbered on both sides;
  • the Stock number is "t. 637" - so it is missing the "S";
  • Stock number (637) is repeated on the reverse in the top left corner above the line and is left justified;
  • printed Regulations on reverse have been removed (see below).
NC-DO-9A rev NC-DO-9A (reverse side).

Show numbering on both sides to 100 and no regulations.

 

 

 

 
NC-DO-9B NC-DO-9B.

Richmond to Windsor
(29 November 1894).

Characteristics:

  • boxes numbered on right side only;
  • stores number St. 637 only printed on the front side;

A variation of this form was introduced possibly during the 1880s. Little is known of the format. Hancock has a front page (p. 166) and part of another form is known used for a message from Melbourne to Binalong on 1 February 1901.

The text at the bottom of the form reads:
"Public Telegrams are only accepted at Railway Telegraph Offices subject to possible delay. Vide Regulations".

NC-DO-9C.

Characteristics:

  • boxes numbered on right side only;
  • no schedule number.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-9A Stores number t. 637 on the front and
St. 637 reverse.		 23 July 1890 at Sydney Electric Telegraph Office. RRR
DO-9B Stores number St. 637 on front only. 29 November 1894 at Windsor. RR
DO-9C None. 13 February 1894 at Lindfield
(H p.166)		 RR