New South Wales - Colonial period: 1858 - 1900.
Ordinary rate delivery form: NC-DO-10.
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: NSW Stores number.
Heading changed to
NEW SOUTH WALES
POST AND TELEGRAPH.
Message area: Boxes numbered to 35.
Reverse side: Boxes continuing the numbering to 100.
Colours (text & form): Orange or red on yellow.
Size of form overall: 224 × 189 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 19 × 34 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of the form:

  • new wavy NSW POST AND TELEGRAPH heading;
  • distance from top ("Issued Form") to the dividing line is 41 mm.
  • boxes are numbered on right side only - on front to 35;
  • Stores number on the front is inset 4 mm along the line;
  • the main distinctions across the varieties are:
    10A: text at bottom of "Telegram from ..." box is in plain font;
    10B: text at bottom of "Telegram from ..." box is in italic font;
    10C: has Stores number St. 5405 under NEW in heading.
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      After E.C. Cracknell, Superintendent of Telegraphs since 1861, died in 1893, the opportunity - long awaited -
    was accepted to amalgamate the Post and Telegraphic services in New South Wales. This change necessitated a change in heading on the forms.
    NC-DO-10A NC-DO-10A.

    Summer Hill to Windsor
    (30 July 1897).

    Characteristics:

    • Coat of Arms is 11 × 16 mm;
    • Stores number on front is St 637 while Stores number on reverse is St 816 (?);
    • TELEGRAM is in 4 mm high letters;
    • the text at the base of the "TELEGRAM from ..." box is in plain font;
    • printed in orange ink.
    NC-DO-10Ba NC-DO-10Ba.

    Cudal to Obley.
    (12 July 1897).

    Characteristics:

    • Coat of Arms is 9 × 24 mm;
    • Stores number on front is St 637 while Stores number on the reverse is St 627;
    • the text at the base of the "TELEGRAM from ..." box is italic.
    • printed in orange ink.
    NC-DO-10Bb NC-DO-10Bb.

    Ultimo to Paddington
    (unframed date stamp of 16 July 1901).

    Characteristics:

    • same details as for NC-DO-10Ba but printed in red ink.

    To distinguish the colour used on some forms, it is best to use a magnifying glass to examine the text.
    NC-DO-10B NC-DO-10C.

    Coonabarabran to Windsor.
    Double oval date stamp
    (RO2) of 9 December 1899.

    Characteristics:

    • Stores number on the front is St 5405 while Stores number on the reverse is St 627;
    • printed in orange ink.

    Details of use and rarity.

    Form
    sub-number    		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
    DO-10A Stores number St. 637 on front and St. 816 on reverse. 30 July 1897 at Windsor. R
    DO-10Ba Stores number St. 637 on front and St. 627 on reverse. 19 July 1895 at Windsor. R
    DO-10Bb Stores number St. 637 on front and St. 627 on reverse. 16 July 1901 at Paddington. R
    DO-10C Stores number St. 5405 on front and St. 627 on reverse. 9 December 1899 at Windsor NC