Queensland Delivery QC-DO-7

Queensland - Colonial period: 1861-1901.
Ordinary rate delivery form: QC-DO-7.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic font below Crest.
Message area:	12 rows of 5 boxes numbered to "60" on the left side.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on white.
Size of form overall:	218 × 199 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

date at right finishes with "18_";
the main distinction between the two formats is:
DO-7A: reference under "MESSAGE FOR" to BRISBANE;
DO-7B: no reference under "MESSAGE FOR" to BRISBANE;
DO-7C: no BRISBANE but a number under the box numbers at the base;
also a change of Crest design.

QC-DO-7A.
Rialto, Melbourne to Brisbane (Telegraph Branch/G.P.O.) of
8 April 1882.

Characteristics:

has printed BRISBANE below space for address;
"Dated" is left of the "h" above and above the third column of message boxes;
at the left below the boxes is a small "2" in brackets -
viz (2).

Cumberland to Brisbane.
11 September 1891 at Telegraph Branch.

The two Chalon stamps are affixed as revenues
and are not paying the costs for transmission of the telegraph message.

Note also:

the form is a delivery form;
the Telegraph Branch date stamp shows the message
arrived on 11 September 1891;
the cancellation on the franking
is 23 September 1891.

The telegram was probably used
as the authorisation to purchase the shares indicated
and so attracted a 5/- stamp duty filing fee.

QC-DO-7B.
Benalla Railway to Brisbane.
28 June 1880.
Has a rare oval Electric Telegraph Office/Brisbane date stamp.

A very important Ned Kelly telegram informing
that Ned Kelly had been apprehended and wounded
with three other Kelly outlaws killed.

Characteristics:

no receiving office name (Brisbane) printed on the form;
"Dated" is well left of the "h" above and
at the extreme left of the third column of message boxes;

QC-DO-7C.
Brisbane to Herberton.
2 June 1887.
Rare Electric Telegraph Office oval date stamp (2A-BO7-ETO).

Characteristics:

"Dated" is under the "h" above and above the third column of message boxes;
change of Crest so that the animals are now facing out -
same as for QC-DU-2 and for delivery envelope QC-EO-5;
at the left below the boxes is a small "1" in brackets - viz (1).

Detail of the number at the base under
the box numbers.

Note:

Another form of type DO-7A has been seen in the Queensland Archives which has the right vertical line below
the right side of the A in BRISBANE - so clearly a different printing.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-7A	None	8 April 1882 at Brisbane Telegraph Branch.	RRR
DO-7B	None	28 June 1880 at Brisbane Electric Telegraph Office.	RRR
DO-7C	(1)	2 June 1887 at Herberton Electric Telegraph Office.	RRR

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