AT-DO-14

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number TX 42. TELEGRAM at top left with TELECOM AUSTRALIA at left or at right with logo. Space for Office Date Stamp at right.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Green on yellow.
Size of form overall:	127 × 200-205 mm.

small heading area taking up only about 17% of the form;
the main distinctions amongst the varieties are:
14A: TELECOM heading at left above TELEGRAM;
14B: TELECOM and logo at right with schedule number;
14C: TELECOM and logo at right but schedule number in lower left corner.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

centre line "Received..." ends with "message";
line above sender details ends with "Tasmania".

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-1A	None	4 July 1905 at Burnie.	NC

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AT-DO-14A.

Sydney for local delivery to Balgowlah, NSW
(11 July 1981).

Characteristics:

TELEGRAM in thick letters;
TELECOM AUSTRALIA at left;
schedule number under TELEGRAM.

This form has a very modern but very scarce TELECOM date stamp.

See elsewhere for another Eadie telegram.

AT-DO-14A.

Sydney to Sydney Cricket Ground, Paddington
23 June 1978.

All features except form number are the sam as the above form.

AT-DO-14B.

Sydney to Kempsey
(Scarce Telegraphs date stamp of 13 April 1982).

Characteristics:

TELECOM and logo in the top right corner together with the scgedule number;
TELEGRAM in thick letters.

AT-DO-14C.

Palmerston to Driver
30 April 1985).

Characteristics:

TELEGRAM in thinner letters;
TELECOM AUSTRALIA with logo at right;
schedule number could be in any of the three corners except TLC.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-14A	TX 42 O/N C46397/74L	21 December 1978 at Telegraph Office, Eltham, Vic.	C as unused forms. RR as a used form.
	TX 42 O/N C49591/76-L	23 June 1978 at Chief Telegraph Office TELECOM Sydney.
DO-14B	TX 42 O/N C53674	22 August 1980 at Condobolin, NSW.
DO-14C	TX 42 (6/80) O/N C63912/83	29 September 1983 at Telegraph Section, Colac, Vic.
	TX 42 (6/80) O/N C65538/83	30 April 1985 at Palmerston, NT.