Victoria Envelopes overview

Victoria - Colonial & Interim: 1854-1917.
Overview of ordinary and urgent rate delivery envelopes.

The following overview summarises:

Colonial period:

ordinary rate delivery envelopes;

reply paid envelope.

Interim period:

ordinary rate delivery envelopes;

urgent rate delivery envelopes.

Colonial period - Ordinary rate delivery envelopes.

VC-EO-1: Blue writing on blue paper. Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE spanning the crest. Has Melbourne and year printed in lower left corner.
VC-EO-2 : White paper with two octagonal frames in blue. Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in octagonal frame. Frames and writing are embossed. Lower left frame has date starting with 186 .
VC-EO-3: White paper with two octagonal frames in red. Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in an octagonal frame. Frames and writing are embossed. Lower left frame has date starting with 186 .
VC-EO-4: Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE. which is double underlined. Has information and instruction panels at left. Reverse side has a small embossed pink Crown on the point of the flap.
VC-EO-5: Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE ONLY with a wavy underlining. Has printed address of "ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH STATION AT .....". Reverse side is blank.
VC-EO-6: Heading is TELEGRAM. which is double underlined. Has no other writing except for the printing details (1,500 - 3/77) in the top left corner.	NO IMAGE AVAILABLE- SEE HANCOCK p. 161.
VC-EO-7 : Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE which is double underlined. Has no other writing except for the printing details (T. - 2000. 10/78) in the top left corner.
VC-EO-8: White paper with two octagonal frames in red. Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in an octagonal frame. Two other red octagonal frames in the lower left corner. The lowest has the date starting with 186 . Frames and writing are printed.
VC-EO-9: White paper with two octagonal frames in red. Heading is TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in an octagonal frame. Frames and writing are printed. The frame in the lower left corner has no indication of date. Printed seal on the reverse side with blank inner oval.