Western Australia - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Delivery form: WI-DO-1.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form No. E. T. 1 on first printing and the changed to E.T. No. 2.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA added above previous colonial heading.
Message area: 8 lines of five boxes numbered on the right side.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Pink on cream.
Size of form overall: 170 × 219 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 40 × 39 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

  • Colonial POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS heading with COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA printed above;
  • the main distinctions between the two varieties are:
    1A: Form number E.T.1; 2nd line of vertical text at left has one word and animals in the Crest face away from the shield;
    1B: Form number E.T. 2; 2nd line of vertical text at left has two words and animals in the Crest face towards the shield.
WI-DO-1A
WI-DO-1A.
Paddington to Kalgoorlie, WA.
29 June 1903.

Has rare RO2-TO oval date stamp of Kalgoorlie.

Characteristics:
  • Form number E.T. 1;
  • two lines of vertical text at left with
    one word only in the second line;
  • Crest has Lion and Unicorn looking away from the shield.
Also see entry for Quindalup.
WI-DO-1B
WI-DO-1B.
Peak Hill to Perth
16 December 1905.

Characteristics:
  • Form number E.T. 2;
  • two lines of vertical text at left with
    two words in the second line;
  • Crest has Lion and Unicorn looking towards the shield.
Details of the C.T.O. Perth date stamp are included elsewhere.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-1A None 29 June 1903 at Kalgoorlie. RR
DO-1B None 16 December 1905 at CTO Perth. RRRR
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