Victoria - International - Colonial.
Delivery form: IVC-DO-1.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number.
BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN LINE under Electric Telegraph Victoria.
Message area: 30 boxes in 6 rows of 5 boxes.
Reverse side: 110 boxes in 22 rows (numbered at right to 140).
Colours (text & form): Black on cream.
Size of form overall: 265 × 212 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

 

IVC-DO-1
Printed in June 1873.

IVC-DO-1.

London to Melbourne.
25 June 1877.

Characteristics:

  • printed on white paper;
  • very large section above the 30 boxes for the message.

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Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-1 10,000 - 6 | 73 25 June 1877 at Melbourne. RR