Heading and notes: | Form number TO 3. BEAM WIRELESS on AWA logo. |
Message area: | Blank with CONDITIONS ... at the base. |
Reverse side: | Blank. |
Colours (text & form): | Red and blue on cream. |
Size of form overall: | 193 × 222 mm. |
The Beam service operated by AWA commenced commercial operation in April 1927. The first delivery form (IAA-DR-1) used for Beam messages transmitted to Australia in the new operation was actually headed RADIOGRAM.
Printed in June 1938. |
IAA-DB-1A.
Montreal, Canada to Sydney. Characteristics:
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Printed in August 1939. |
IAA-DB-1Ba.
Aylesbury to Sydney Characteristics:
Has a form for a duplcate copy - see below. |
Prestige Philately 2008. |
Duplicate of the form above from Ayelsbury dated The original form was lodged in England on 28 November 1940.
Unusial form:
writing in pencil and is difficult to read. This service of obtaining a duplicate of a sent telegram to confirm the text was available through the Beam Wireless Service at a cost of half the original fee. Very rare - especially in combinalion. |
Printed in January 1940. |
IAA-DB-1Bb. Owen Sound to Enfield, NSW. Size: 210 × 205 mm. Characteristics:
Has a censor handstamp PASSYD/20 on the lower right side. |
IAA-DB-1Bc. Sydney to BOAC passenger Has violet handstamp indicating: Size: 197× 199 mm. Note several format changes including:
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Delivery envelope for the abpve AWA Beam message to Fitzmaurice. 8 September 1947. |
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Printed in August 1943. |
IAA-DB-1C.
London, UK to Sydney. Characteristics:
Provenance: Gundersen. |
Printed in October 1943. |
IAA-DB-1C Correction notice . For above form London, UK Four days after the receipt of the message above, a correction notice was issued by the AWA Beam Wireless Service in relation to the signature. The original notice began with B(ermutit) and this was corrected so as to begin with a P(ermutit). Very rare form - few issued and only occasionally retained. This example is the only one recorded used for a Beam message. |
Details of use and rarity.
Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
DB-1A | T.O. 3 - 500 m - 6/38 | 28 June 1939 at Sydney. | NC |
DB-1Ba | T.O. 3 - 500 m - 8/39 | 30 November 1940 at Sydney. | NC |
T.O. 3 - 500 m - 1/40 | 8 March 1942 at Sydney. | NC | |
T.O. 3 - 1 mill - 11/40 | |||
T.O. 3 - 150M - 12.43 L.P.L. | |||
T.O. 3 - 50M - 5/43 | |||
T.O. 3 150M 12/43 | 14 September 1944 at Sydney. | NC | |
DB-1Bb | T.O.3C | 14 October 1947 at Sydney (under OTC operation). | R |
DB-1C | T.O.3 - 100m - 8/ 43/ L.P.L. | 3 December 1943 at Sydney. | NC |
T.O. 3c | 14 October 1947 at O.T.C. Sydney. | R |