VC-EO-3

Printed in 1860.	VC-EO-3A. 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
	Flap for the above delivery envelope with ms ARARAT.
Printed during the 1860s.	VC-EO-3B. 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.
	Flap for the above delivery envelope with embossed MELBOURNE.
	VC-EO-3B. 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-3B. 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.

The same printers who made the Victorian delivery envelopes also made delivery envelopes
for England and for other colonies. An example for a delivery cover used in 1864 is shown below:

Cover of the same design as for the Victorian Format 3 sent to Shetland Islands on 15 January 1864.

Reverse side of the above cover showing the same design for the flap decoration as used for the Victorian covers.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
EO-3A	None	12 February 1861.	RRR
EO-3B	None	25 March 1863.	RRR

Heading and notes:	Space in lower left corner for issued time and date - starting with 186_.
Reverse side:	Blank except for embossed seal on flap.
Colours (text & envelope):	Blue octagonal on cream.
Size of envelope:	78 × 137 mm.