New South Wales - Interim: 1900-1917.
Press Delivery form: NI-PDO-1.
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
International
Special aspects
Press Delivery form: NI-PDO-1.
- 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: | Form No. E.T. 5 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above POSTMASTER-GENERAL's DEPARTMENT, NEW SOUTH WALES. |
| Message area: | Blue lines and note added vertically at left. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Blue on cream. |
| Size of form overall: | ??. |
| Size of datestamp box: | ??. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- Heading combines COMMONWEALTH and NSW references for interim period;
- Form has widely spaced blue lines;
 |
|
| Image kindly supplied by Gary Crocker of Wagga Wagga. The form is thought to have come from the large bonfire lit to destroy "unwanted telegraphic postal material" in the 1990s. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| PDO-1 | None | 22 December 1922 at Wagga Wagga. | RRRRR |