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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | No form number. Has TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in octagonal reverse printed red frame. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & envelope): | Red on cream. |
| Size of envelope overall: | 193 × 222 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
- printed octagonal frame is the same as that introduced into Victorian envelopes in the late 1880s. Does not however have the second box in the lower left corner.
WC-EO-3.
Fremantle to London
1 August 1901.
Excellent strike of the TELEGRAPH OFFICE oval date stamp
(RO-2-TO).
WC-EO-3 (reverse).
Reverse side (and upside-down) of the above delivery envelope
showing the flap with rounded peak and curved sides.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| EO-3 | None | 1 August 1901 at Femantle. | R |
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