Australia - International - Interim.
Cablegram delivery form: IVI-DC-2.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number E.T. No. 7.
Standard Interim heading of Commonwealth of Australia over
CABLEGRAM.
Message area: Boxed or lined.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Blue on cream.
Size of form overall: 193 × 210 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 

Printed in July 1915.		 IVI-DC-2Aa.

Cairo to C.E.T.O. Melbourne
24 March 1916.

Sent by Eastern.

Characteristics:

  • schedule number under date stamp box onthe right;
  • very faint lines forming 30 boxes in 10 lines.
IVI-DC-2Ab
Printed in April 1916.		 IVI-DC-2Ab.

London to Preston
8 June 1917.

Sent by Eastern.

Characteristics:

  • has a red printing for the PACIFIC CABLE;
  • schedule number above horizontal line at the left;
  • very faint horizontal lines.

 

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DC-2Aa C. 23315 (?) 25 July 1915 at East Melbourne. R
  B. ????/ 10.14. - C.14278 (?) 27 October 1915 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne.  
  B. 543 /7.15 - C. 9007. 24 March 1916 at C.E.T.O. Melbourne. R
DC-2Aa B. 543 /4.16 - C. 1458. 8 June 1917 at Preston, Vic. R