![CV_CE_2A](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-02.jpg)
Printed in 1860. |
VC-EO-2A.
Used at Ararat (12 February 1861).
Characteristics:
- TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE fills the octagonal;
- font has thick letters;
- top octagonal frame is 14 × 52.8 mm.
Has ms "3/- Collect" (for cost of sending the telegram which had not been pre-paid).
Gartner Auktionhaus |
![CV_DE_2A_ararat](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-02_rev.jpg) |
Flap for the above delivery envelope with ms ARARAT. |
![CV_DE_2B](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-2_1863.jpg)
Printed during the 1860s. |
VC-EO-2B.
Used at St. Kilda.
Characteristics:
- TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE has spaces at either end;
- font has thin letters;
- top octagonal frame is 12 × 53 mm.
Has ms "Collect 1/-" (for cost of sending the telegram which had not been pre-paid).
Provenance: Hugh Freeman.
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![CV_DE_2B_melb](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-2_1863_rev.jpg) |
Flap for the above delivery envelope with embossed MELBOURNE. |
![VC-EO-2 Laur](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-2B 1863 with 2 Laureates.jpg) |
VC-EO-2B.
Cover sent from Melbourne to London, UK and has been franked with 1860-66 3d. blue and 1862-64 6d. grey Laureates.
25 March 1863.
Has London arrival date stamps of 16 May 1863 front and back.
Has mss POST PAID.
Characteristics as above.
Very scarce cover.
Provenance:
Spink Auction 15023
May 2016 Lot 2175. |
![VC-EO- 2B](../../../../Assets/Colonial period/Victoria/Envelopes/VC-EO-2 with 2d laureate.jpg) |
VC-EO-2B.
Cover (front only) sent from Sandhurst to White Hills. Franked with an 1862-64 2d violet Laureate.
Tied with a Sandhurst duplex on 4 June 1864.
Provenance:
Spink Auction 15023,
May 2016 Lot 2179. |
Details of use and rarity.
Form
sub-number |
Schedule number |
Earliest recorded date |
Rarity rating |
EO-2A |
None |
12 February 1861. |
RRR |
EO-2B |
None |
25 March 1863. |
RRR |