WI-DO-2

Western Australia - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Delivery form: WI-DO-2.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 2. Standard Interim period heading.
Message area:	30 unnumbered boxes in 6 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Red on cream.
Size of form overall:	136 × 210 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
the main distinctions between the two varieties are:
2A: nothing under the form number;
2B: has PREFIX under the form number for recording the call number of the transmitting station
(2Ba has no schedule number, 2Bb has a schedule number in the lower left corner).

WI-DO-2A

WI-DO-2A.

Message to Perth
Scarce PERTH E.T.O. date stamp of 22 April 1907.

WI-DO-2B

WI-DO-2Ba.

Law Courts, Melbourne to Perth.
ETO date stamp of 6 May 1909.

Characteristics:

has PREFIX under form number in top left corner.

WI-DO-2Bb

WI-DO-2Bb.

Broomehill to Perth.
Perth ETO datestamp of
8 August 1911.

Characteristics:

has PREFIX under form number in top left corner;
gas a schedule number in the lower left corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-2A	None	22 April 1907 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Ba	None	15 October 1908 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Bb	D9789/11 S 25.]	8 August 1911 at ETO Perth.	RRRR