QI-TO-3

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form No. 152 in the top right corner. Standard Interim period heading.
Message area:	30 unnumbered boxes in six lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on white.
Size of form overall:	171 × 198 mm.

Form No. 152 in the top right corner;
eight boxes across the top for "Stamps to be affixed ...";
the end boxes in the STAMPS row have a pointing hand at the left and Date Stamp at the right;
the line immediately below the boxes for stamps begins "Addressed to ...";
four justified lines for the address and all of equal length;
the date starts "191_";
no schedule number;

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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Provenance: Dave Elsmore.

QI-TO-3.

Copy of a message to Normanton from (Mel)bourne.
13 December 1912.

At the top of the form on the left there is a piece of glue folded over. This inclusion suggests these forms may have been in a pad which was glued at the top.

It is known that bulk transmission forms were available in pads of 100 at a price of 6d per pad.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TO-3	No schedule number.	13 December 1912 at (Mel)bourne.	RRR