Australia - War years: 1940-1955.
Ordinary rate delivery envelopes: AB-EO-7.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form Number T.G. 65 B.
Opaque envelope with TELEGRAM justified right.
Message area: Boxed advertisement for ornamental telegram forms is in top left corner with "FOR QUICK SERVICE ..." slogan at the base.
Reverse side: Two peace time slogans.
Colours (text & envelope): Dark blue on white.
Size of envelope overall: 80 × 139 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AB-EO-7 AW-EO-7Aa.

Used at P.O. Elizabeth St. PBR
(5 August 1941).

Characteristics:

  • opaque envelope;
  • TELEGRAM in large block letters
    (7 mm high and spanning 60 mm);
  • printing in dark blue;
  • has a black wavy line pattern security design inside.
AB-EO-8_rev Reverse side of the above delivery envelope to Betty Linden.

Has P.O. Elizabeth St. Melbourne date stamp of 5 August 1941. Used for a telegram from the Darwin Military PO.

Characteristics:

  • has a rectangular flap with curved sides.

Has slogans for Postal Services (Registration) and Telephone Telegrams.
Alternative formats for slogans on the reverse of type EO-7A:

 
Slog 2 Slog 1
Postal Services (Air Mail) and Telephone Handset slogans.
Has rectangular flap with curved sides.

Used at Sydney 18 May 1938.

 Postal Services (Air Mail) and Telephone Handset slogans.
Has rectangular flap with curved sides.

Used at Adelaide 1 April 1938 - earliest recorded date.
Slog 3
Postal Services (Air Mail) and Time-Telephone slogans.
Has rectangular flap with curved sides.

Used at Melbourne 1 July 1941.

 AB-EO-7AePostal Services (Post Early) and Telephone Handset slogans.
Has rectangular flap with curved sides.
AB-EO-7Ab

AB-EO-7Ab.

Used delivery envelope (no date).

Characteristics:

  • opaque envelope;
  • TELEGRAM in large block letters
    (7 mm high and spanning 60 mm);
  • printing in dark blue;
  • has a black wavy line pattern security design inside.
  • distinguishing characteristics is that the form number T.G. 65B is in very small letters.
AB-EO-7Ab rev

AB-EO-7Ab (reverse).

Characteristics:

  • also has a rectangular flap;
  • slogans are very different in wording and order - for Telephone (Saves Time) and Postal Services (Express Messenger).
AB-EO-9B AB-EO-7B.

Used at Melbourne with indecipherable date.

Characteristics:

  • smaller text throughout especially in the advertising box;
  • TELEGRAM is in 6 mm high font and spans 53 mm;
  • form number has a space between "65" and "B" ;
  • has a similar but larger black wavy line pattern security design inside.
AB-EO-9B_rev

AB-EO-7B (reverse).

Reverse side of the above delivery envelope
AB-DO-7B.

Characteristics:

  • flap has a rounded peak and curved sides.

The two slogans - for Postal Services (Registration) and Telegrams - have a different format to that used for AB-EO-7A.

 

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
EO-7A None. 1 April 1938 at Adelaide. C
EO-7B None. Date cannot be determined. Melbourne. NC