WC-EO-3

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. Has TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE in octagonal reverse printed red frame.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & envelope):	Red on cream.
Size of envelope overall:	193 × 222 mm.

printed octagonal frame is the same as that introduced into Victorian envelopes in the late 1880s. Does not however have the second box in the 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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WC-EO-3.

Fremantle to London
1 August 1901.

Excellent strike of the TELEGRAPH OFFICE oval date stamp (RO-2-TO).

WC-EO-3 (reverse).

Reverse side (and upside-down) of the above delivery envelope showing the flap with rounded peak and curved sides.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
EO-3	None	1 August 1901 at Femantle.	R