WI-DO-2

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

General characteristics:

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

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

COMMONWEALTH ... is in sans serif font;
the main distinctions scross the three varieties are:
2A: no words 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).
2C: has PREFIX under the form number and message area is unlined.
(2Ca has no schedule number, 2Cb has a schedule number in the lower left corner).

WI-DO-2Aa.

Message to Perth.

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

only has form number E.T. No. 2 in the top left corner;

WI-DO-2Ab.

Message from Perth to Cue.
RO6-P&TO Cue date stamp of 30 October 1906.

only has form mumber
E.T. No. 2 in the top left corner;
has a Schedule number of 942/06 in the lower left corner.

WI-DO-2Ab.

Message from Perth to Southern Cross.
RO6-TO of 7 January 1907.

Has a small printed red mark in the LLC.
Perhaps a stray foreign piece of paper prevented further printing
of a schedule number - or was responsible for the printed mark.

WI-DO-2B.

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

Characteristics:

has PREFIX under the form number in the top left corner;
only two lines of text in the lower left corner.

WI-DO-2Ca.

Collingwood, Victoria to Perth.
Perth ETO datestamp of
14 November 1910.

Characteristics:

message area is unlined.
has PREFIX under form number in top left corner;
has two lines of vertical text at left;
has no schedule number in the lower left corner;
the TIME RECEIVED line now incorporates BY;
has no opening word before the last line in the lower right corner.

WI-DO-2Cb.

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

Characteristics:

message area is unlined.
has PREFIX under form number in top left corner;
has two lines of vertical text at left;
has a Schedule number in the lower left corner.
the TIME RECEIVED line now incorporates BY;
has no opening word before the last line in the lower right corner.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-2Aa	None	22 April 1907 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Ab	942/06.	30 October 1906 at Cue.	RRRR
DO-2B	None	6 May 1909 at CTO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Ca	None	14 November 1910 at ETO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Cb	B5493/09	2 February 1910 at ETO Perth.	RRRR
DO-2Cb	d9789/11 8. 25	8 August 1911 at ETO Perth.	RRRR

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