Queensland Delivery QC-DO-8

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic font below Crest.
Message area:	10 rows of 5 boxes numbered to "50" on the left side.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on cream.
Size of form overall:	170 × 221 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

"Words." spelt out in full and raised to the level of the Crest;
"Message" has been left justified;
date begins "19 " - so Interim period but perhaps an earlier version (after DO-7) was prinyted;
two lines for address of recipient.

QC-DO-8.
Message from Maryborough to Nanango.
18 July 1906.
Has a rare use of the Nanango
Electric Telegraph Office Oval date stamp (BO3 - ETO format 5.)
For characteristics and comment see form below.

QC-DO-8.
Kingsthorpe to Toowoomba
(T.O. Toowoomba of
29 August 1906).

Characteristics:

Printed on white paper;
Size is slightly more horizontal than for the other two forms.

This form is still classified as a Colonial form because there
is no reference to the Commonwealth as for Interim or Australian forms.

QE-EO-7.
Envelope for delivery of above telegram. Fully tied.
One of the few recorded examples of a tied set.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-8	None	29 August 1906 at Toowoomba.	RR