Victoria - Colonial period: 1854-1900.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-7.
Post Office Telegraphs ordinary rate delivery form VC-DO-7.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 1. Heading is POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. No Crest or postal authority. |
| Message area: | 32 boxes in eight lines. |
| Reverse side: | 14 Regulations and conditions as for Form DO-4. |
| Colours (text & form): | Blue on light cream. |
| Size of form overall: | 239 × 216 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- no boxed areas in the heading;
- text under the message boxes starts with "This despatch ...";
- heading is in 5 mm high serif font.
- form number and printing details moved to the top right corner;
- shows "TELEGRAM FOR ...";
- has a vertical line of text at the left.
 Printed in April 1874. |
VC-DO-7. Racecourse to Melbourne (7 November 1874). |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DO-7 | 500,000 - 2|74. | 12 April 1875 at Richmond, Vic. | R |
| 750,000 - 4|74. | 7 November 1874 at Melbourne. | R | |
| 750,000 - 4|75. | 31 March 1876 at Richmond. | R |