QC-TO-1

Queensland - Colonial: 1861-1900.
Transmission form: QC-TO-1.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. Standard ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND heading in gothic font below the Crest.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on white.
Size of form overall:	193 × 222 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

has Government Printer's name in vertical text at the left - only Colonial telegraph form to include that information;
may have a schedule number beneath the burele band at the left. It finishes with "69" which could indicate that the form was printed in 1869;
date starts with "18__".

Provenance: Dave Elsmore (who kindly provided the image).

QC-TO-1.

From Brisbane to Ipswich
6 April 1870.

Characteristics:

has brule edge along the left edge and perforations (12½) showing the form had been bound into a book;

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TO-1	None	6 April 1870 at Brisbane.	RRRR