South Australia - Colonial period: 1855-1900.
Ordinary rate delivery form: SC-DO-7.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number No. 13.
Message area: 20 boxes in five lines.
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: 195 × 225 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 33 × 38.5 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
DO-7A SC-DO-7A.

Mannum to Balhannah
(3 February 1890).

Characteristics:

  • has no printed station names.

Order for additional beer.
DO-7B SC-DO-7B.

Sydney to Adelaide
(21 September 1893).

Has large TELEGRAPH OFFICE date stamp.

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.;

 
DO-7C SC-DO-7C.

Melbourne to Adelaide
(9 May 1890).

Characteristics:

  • has the names of both the receiving station (here ADELAIDE) and the sending station (Melbourne) printed in the top section of the form form;

 

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-7A 500,000 - 7-3-89 5 December 1889 at Balhannah. R
  100,000 - 27-8-89. 20 March 1891 at Balhannah. NC
  400,000 - 28-12-89 14 October 1890 at Hahndorf. NC
  500,000 - 3--9-90. 1 October 1894 at Minlaton. NC
  500,000 - 20.1.92. 8 May 1893 at Naracoorte. NC
  300,00 - 23.11.92 2 February 1894 at Morgan. NC
DO-7Ba 50,000 - 30.9.90. 16 July 1891 at Telegraph Office, S.A. NC
  50,000 - 20.1.92. 21 September 1893 at Adelaide. R
DO-7Bb 100,000 - 13-12-89. 9 May 1890 at Adelaide. NC