Queensland - Interim: 1900-1917.
Reply Paid form: QI-DR-1.
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
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Special aspects
Reply Paid form: QI-DR-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. 146 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA added above previous colonial heading. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on green. |
| Size of form overall: | 148 × 212 mm. |
| Size of datestamp box: | 25 × 21 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
- Form No. in top right corner with just opening brackets;
- two lines of text below the heading;
- date stamp is printed in the message area;
- two lines of text at left (only 2 words in the 2nd line) and unusually separated from the message area by a vertical line;
- serrated edge at the base from where the lower part of the form has been detached.
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QI-DR-1.
Delivery form used for the original message on a Reply Paid delivery form. The part of the form for the reply has been torn off - see the serrated edge at the base. Message sent from Brisbane to Nanango on 19 July 1911. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DR-1 | Form No, 146 | 19 July 1911 at Nanango. | RRRR. |