General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number"No. 13" in top right corner. |
| Message area: | 20 boxes in five rows. |
| Reverse side: | 68 boxes in 17 lines allowing for a message of up to 88 words. |
| Colours (text & form): | Red on cream. |
| Size of form overall: | 193 × 223 mm (approx). |
| Size of date stamp box: | 33 × 39 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
- the heading is divided into two sections above the message boxes:
1. the top section is for details of the telegram and the costs.
2. the lower section records the name of the sending station and the address of the recipient. It also has the inclusions "Dated ..." and "Time handed in ..."; - message boxes now included on reverse side;
- the main distinctions between the varieties are:
6A: no printed Station name (3 versions);
6B: has a South Australian receiving Station name printed but no sending Station name;
6C: has both a South Australian receiving Station name printed and a SYDNEY sending Station.
Probably printed early 1878.Port Pirie to Port Augusta
6 May 1878.
Very early usage of a handstamp on a telegram.
a SPELLING ERROR - "Repvating" in error for "Repeating".
Probably printed mid-1878.?? to Port Augusta
19 December 1878.
Characteristics:
- no printed Station name;
- no schedule number printed;
- spelling error corrected.
This form was used at the same location as that shown above for DO-6Aa
but seven months later. Hence it may be presumed that the error was detected
and rectified soon after printing commenced - perhaps in mid-1878.
Kingston for local delivery4 February 1884.
Lucindale to Adelaide
25 July 1889.
Printed on 5 November 1887.
Characteristics:
and the message (and so has been excluded from this scan).
Printed in November 1883.Sydney to Adelaide.
13 February 1885.
Sydney to Adelaide
13 February 1885.
Has the same characteristics as the form above with Adelaide being the receiving station.
Printed on 31 January 1888.
Melbourne to Hindmarsh
3 February 1888.
See accompanying delivery envelope (SC-EO-4A).
Characteristics:
- has the name of the receiving station (here Hindmarsh) printed in the top section of the form;
- has schedule number in lower left corner.
The classification 6Bb covers stations other than Adelaide (Hindmarsh is the only other station so far identified).
Printed on 7 November 1887.
Sydney to Adelaide
16 May 1888.
Characteristics:
- has the names of both the receiving station (here ADELAIDE) and the sending station (SYDNEY) printed in the top section of the form form.
Printed on 7 November 1887.
Sydney to Adelaide
1 November 1890.
Characteristics:
- as for DO-6Ca, the receiving station is printed as ADELAIDE and the sending station is printed as SYDNEY;
- Error in printing - the full stop after Australia in the heading is not present.
A second example was sold at Prestige Auctions March 2005 Lot 185.
Sydney to Adelaide
10 April 1893.
Characteristics:
- as for DO-6Ca, the receiving station is printed as ADELAIDE and the sending station is printed as SYDNEY;
- change in printing - the date and time after Sydney Station have been removed.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DO-6Aa | Not printed. | 6 May 1878 at Port Augusta. | RR |
| DO-6Ab | Not printed | 28 March 1878 at Port Augusta. | R |
| DO-6Ac | 500,000 - 5-12-81 | 4 February 1884 at Kingston. | RR |
| 450,000 - 13-2-85 | 16 March 1887 at Glenelg (from The Governor) | RR | |
| 500,000 - 7-11-87 | 29 November 1888 at Largs Bay. | RR | |
| 400,000 - 23-12-89 | 14 October 1890 at Hahndorf. | RR | |
| DO-6Ba | 350,000 - 5-11-83 | 13 February 1885 at Telegraph Office, Adelaide. | RRR |
| 200,000 - 31-1-87 | 11 March 1887 at Telegraph Office, Adelaide. | RRR | |
| 400,000 - 7-11-87 | 25 February 1888 at Telegraph Office, S.A. | RRR | |
| 200,000 - 7-11-87 | 25 July 1889 at Telegraph Office, S.A. | RRR | |
| DO-6Bb | 5,000 - 31-1-87 | 3 February 1888 at Hindmarsh. | RRR |
| DO-6Ca | 50,000 - 7-11-87. | 16 May 1888 at Telegraph Office, S.A. | R |
| DO-6Cb | 50,000 - 7-11-87 | 1 November 1890 at Telegraph Office, S.A. | R |
| DO-6Cc | 25,000 - 23-12-89 | 8 November 1892 at Telegraph Office, SA. | RR |
| 50,000 - 30-9-90 | 10 April 1893 at Telegraph Office/Adelaide. | RR | |
| 50,000 - 20-1-92 | 1 September 1893 at Telegraph Office Adelaide. | RR | |
| DO-6D | 100,000 -- 13-12-89 | 30 April 1890 at Telegraph Branch S.A. | RRR |