Victoria - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent rate delivery form: VI-DU-2.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form No. E.T. No. 3.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above heading referencing VICTORIA.
Message area: 6 faint lines plus one line for information.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on pink or orange.
Size of form overall: 169 × 213 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 32.5 × 34 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
VI-DU-2A
Printed in February 1916.		 VI-DU-2A.

Melbourne for local delivery
C.E.T.O. 1 September 1916.

Characteristics:

  • has a line under PMG, Victoria heading;
  • printed on pink paper.

 
DU-2B Pyramid VI-DU-2Ba.

Melbourne to Northcote
13 December 1916.

Characteristics:

  • no date of printing in the schedule number;
  • printed on pink paper
VI-DU-2B
Printed in January 1917.		 VI-DU-2Bb.

Melbourne to Northcote
13 December 1917.

Characteristics:

  • has lines above and below PMG, Victoria;
  • printed on orange paper.

One wonders whether Driver Arnold was one of the 9,800 referred to telegram DU-2A above.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DU-2A B. 609/2.16. / C. 279 1 September 1916 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne. RR
DU-2Ba Q. 4960 27 August 1916 at Pyramid Hill, Vic. RR
DU-2Bb B. 609/1.17 / C. 16923. 13 December 1917 at Northcote, Vic. RR
  B.609/4.18 / C. 6162. 4 August 1919 at Serpentine, Vic. RR