New South Wales - Colonial period: 1858 - 1900.
Ordinary rate delivery form: NC-DO-9.
General characteristics:

General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number. Heading changed to
NEW SOUTH WALES POST AND TELEGRAPH.
Message area: Boxes numbered to 35.
Reverse side: Boxes continuing the numbering to 100 or to 110. No Regulations.
Colours (text & form): Orange on yellow.
Size of form overall: 225 × 187 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 20 × 34 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of the form:

  • distance from top ("Issued Form") to the dividing line is 34 mm;
  • Crest is 8 × 15 mm;
  • there are no Regulations printed below the last line of boxes;
  • the main distinctions between varieties are:
    9A: boxes are numbered on both left and right sides;
    9B: boxes are numbered on the right side only;
    9C: reference to Railway Offices has been added at the base.
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    		NC-DO-9A.

    Bombala to Hunter Street, Sydney CBD.
    23 July 1890.

    Use of the rare RO7-ETO date stamp for the Electric Telegraph Office.
    NC-DO-9A NC-DO-9A.

    Sydney to Armidale
    (11 April 1892).

    A very rare oval Electric Telegraph date stamp for Armidale.

    Characteristics:

    • text at the base of "TELEGRAM from ..." box is in normal font;
    • message boxes are numbered on both sides;
    • the Stock number is "t. 637" - so it is missing the "S";
    • Stock number (637) is repeated on the reverse in the top left corner above the line and is left justified;
    • printed Regulations on reverse have been removed (see below).
    NC-DO-9A rev NC-DO-9A (reverse side).

    Show numbering on both sides to 100 and no regulations.

     

     

     

     
    NC-DO-9B NC-DO-9B.

    Richmond to Windsor
    (29 November 1894).

    Characteristics:

    • boxes numbered on right side only;
    • stores number St. 637 only printed on the front side;

    A variation of this form was introduced possibly during the 1880s. Little is known of the format. Hancock has a front page (p. 166) and part of another form is known used for a message from Melbourne to Binalong on 1 February 1901.

    The text at the bottom of the form reads:
    "Public Telegrams are only accepted at Railway Telegraph Offices subject to possible delay. Vide Regulations".

    NC-DO-9C.

    Characteristics:

    • boxes numbered on right side only;
    • no schedule number.

    Details of use and rarity.

    Form
    sub-number    		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
    DO-9A Stores number t. 637 on the front and
    St. 637 reverse.    		 23 July 1890 at Sydney Electric Telegraph Office. RRR
    DO-9B Stores number St. 637 on front only. 29 November 1894 at Windsor. RR
    DO-9C None. 13 February 1894 at Lindfield
    (H p.166)    		 RR