Western Australia - Colonial: 1869-1900.
Delivery envelope: WC-EO-5.
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
International
Special aspects
Delivery envelope: WC-EO-5.
- Australia 1901-1988
- New South Wales
- Overview of NSW
- Telegraph lines
- Telegraph Offices
- Date stamps
- Forms
- Envelopes
- Instructional annotation
- Collect
- Delayed
- Free
- Immediate Urgent
- Reply paid
- Rates
- Rates
- Summary of Telegram rates 1858-1900.
- NSW - Qld rates 1858 to 1870
- NSW - Vic rates 1858 to 1870
- Stamps
- 1871 Telegraph stamps
- 1885 proposal
- 1893 proposal
General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | No Form number. Heading is TELEGRAM in red capital serif letters. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Red on brown. |
| Size of form overall: | 79 × 137 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
- Similar design to the envelopes printed in the late 1890s by New South Wales and Victoria.
No reference to NO FEES ...;
 Provenance: Gundersen. Prestige Philately March 2007 Lot 456. |
WC-EO-5.
Broome to Singapore. TELEGRAM delivery envelope of Western Australia used to send a telegram internationally. This usage is very rare - only recorded example of this item. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| EO-5 | None. | 13 June 1900 at Broome, WA. | NC |