Heading and notes: | Form E.T. No. 1. Standard Interim period heading but no TELEGRAM at top in first three printings. |
Message area: | 5 or 7 very faint lines. |
Reverse side: | Blank. |
Colours (text & form): | Blue on cream. |
Size of form overall: | 193 × 222 mm. |
Size of datestamp box: | Various. |
VI-DO-3A. Hawthorn to Richmond (18 October 1909). Characteristics:
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VI-DO-3Ba. Beaufort to Moonee Ponds. 7 April 1910. Characteristics:
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VI-DO-3Bb.
Adelaide to CETO Melbourne. Characteristics:
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VI-DO-3C.
Magill to CETO Melbourne. Characteristics:
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VI-DO-3Da. Mt. Chalmere, Queensland to Melbourne (27 March 1911). Characteristics:
Although the form itself is rated as "Not common", this example is rare. It has a relatively new and short-lived C.E.T.O date stamp in addition to a scarce boxed "DELAYED BY INTERRUPTION |
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VI-DO-3Db. Mildura to Richmond (22 January 1914). Characteristics - same as previously:
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Printed in March 1914. |
VI-DO-3Ea. Sydney to Richmond (6 May 1915). Characteristics - same as previously but:
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Printed in July 1915. |
VI-DO-3Eb. East Melbourne to Bendigo (Telegraph Office of 11 April 1916). Characteristics - same as previously but:
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Details of use and rarity.
Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
DO-3A | None | 18 October 1909 at Money Order counter in Richmond. | NC |
DO-3Ba | C. 16547. | 7 April 1910 at Moonee Ponds, Vic. | NC |
DO-3Bb | C. 7544. | 21 June 1910 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne. | R |
DO-3C | C.5509. | 21 June 1910 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne. | NC |
C.8039. | 7 August 1911 at St. Arnaud. | NC | |
C. 14645. | 28 February 1911 at Trafalgar, Vic. | NC | |
DO-3Da | C. 16757. | 31 January 1911 at St. Arnaud. | NC |
C. 10627. | 11 October 1911 at Telegraph Office Ballarat. | NC | |
C. 6149 | 16 December 1912 at Telegraph Office Bendigo. | NC | |
DO-3Db | C. 6711. | 6 December 1911 at Bendigo. | NC |
C. 3614. | 22 January 1914 at M.O. Richmond. | C | |
C. 11937. | 7 April 1913 at C.E.T.O Melbourne, Vic.. | C | |
DO-3Ea | B. 316/3.14 C.3743. | 23 February 1915 at St. Arnaud. | C |
B. 316/10.14 C.14273. | 27 September 1915 at Allansford, Vic. | C | |
DO-3Eb | B. 316/7.15 C. 8993. | 23 March 1916 at St. Arnaud. | C |
B. 316/2.16 - C.1900. |
10 June 1916 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne. | C | |
B. 316/ 5.16 C. 6068. |
1 February 1917 at M.O. Richmond. | C | |
B. 316/ 11.16 - C. 15064 |
3 April 1917 at Telegraph Office Bendigo. | NC | |
B. 316/ 5.17 C. 6637. | 8 January 1918 at M.O. Richmond. | C | |
B. 316/ 8.17 C. 10485 |
28 November 1917 at St. Arnaud. | C | |
B. 316/ 2.18 C. 1365. |
?? at St Arnaud. | C | |
B. 316/5.18 C. 6798. | 3 February 1919 at Richmond. | C |