Heading and notes: | No form number. TELEGRAM, IMMEDIATE printed in the top rectangular frame. |
Message area: | Blank. |
Reverse side: | Has embossed seal on flap. |
Colours (text & envelope): | Blue on blue. |
Size of envelope overall: | 82 × 138 mm. |
The flaps in the archival set were also endorsed with the number of envelopes required – these totals ranging from 150,000 (Sydney) to 5,000.
The delivery envelopes shown below form the only recorded set.
Provenance: De La Rue archives, Gundersen and Johnstone.
Prestige Philately, September 2006 Lot 487.
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NC-EO-3.
Front side of an unused De La Rue delivery envelope from the archival set.
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NC-EO-3 - reverse side.
Shows the embossed seal for SYDNEY and the major curve in the flap design. |
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![]() Enlargement of the embossed SYDNEY seal. |
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The archival set had the following 27 names embossed in the seals in addition to SYDNEY (shown above) plus the blank seal.
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Details of the individual Telegraph Offices can be accessed from the list of NSW Telegraph Offices.
Details of use and rarity.
Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
EO-3 | None | RRRR (even unused) |