Queensland - Colonial period: 1861-1900.
Overview of ordinary and urgent rate delivery forms.


The Colonial delivery forms for Queensland - unlike those for any other Australian Colony - are of two types:

  1. ordinary rate delivery forms;
  2. urgent rate delivery forms.

Ordinary rate delivery forms:

QC-DO-1.

Printed on blue paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

Message area is blank.

Only "Wds" and "Amt" are aligned on the left.

DO1 menu
QC-DO-2.

Printed on blue paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

Message area is blank.

"Wds" and "Amt" and "Message for" are aligned on the left.

DO2 menu
QC-DO-3.

Printed on blue paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

"No ....." in the top right corner.

Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left and reverse side has a further 20 boxes in 5 rows.

Date finishes with "187_".

QC-DO-3
QC-DO-4.

Printed on poor quality grey paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

"No ....." in the top right corner.

Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left and reverse side has a further 20 boxes in 5 rows.

Date finishes with "187_".

QC-DO-4 DE
QC-DO-5.

Printed on blue paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

"No ....." removed from the top right corner.

No lines for address of receiver above BRISBANE.

Date finishes with "187_".

Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left.

QC-DO-5
QC-DO-6.

Printed on blue paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

No lines for address of receiver.

Date finishes with "18__".

No boxes for message.

DO-7 menu
QC-DO-7.

Probably printed on white or cream paper which has browned.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

Three lines for address of receiver followed by BRISBANE.

Date finishes with "18__".

Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left.

QC-DO-3
QC-DO-8.

Printed on white paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

"Words" spelt out in full.

Two lines of address for receiver.

Date finishes with "19__".

Front has 50 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left.

QC-DO-8
QC-DO-9.

Printed on light brown paper.

Standard heading of ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, QUEENSLAND in gothic script beneath the Crest.

Only two lines of text - oneline is just MESSAGE - and the rest of the form is blank.

Printed on light brown paper.

QC-DO-9

Urgent rate delivery forms:

For a discussion of the Queensland lead in the use of URGENT RATE telegrams, see elsewhere.

QC-DU-1.

Printed in orange ink.

Crest with animals facing each other.

Font is smaller and URGENT is about the same width as the Crest.

DU-1 menu
QC-DU-2.

Printed in red ink.

Crest with animals facing away.

Font is larger and the letters are wider apart so that URGENT is wider than the Crest.

DU-2 menu
QC-DU-3.

Printed on white paper with red writing.

Has URGENT above standard Queensland heading of Crest and ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH QUEENSLAND.

Date finishes with "189_".

Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left.Front has 60 boxes in 12 rows numbered at left.

QC-DU-3