Australia.
Overview of Press telegrams.


Press telegrams are defined as being "those the text of which consists of political, commercial, etc, information and of news intended for publication in a newspaper. The telegram must be sent by an authorised correspondent and must be addressed to a registered newspaper or recognised news agency".

 

The types of Press forms accessed from this page are:

  1. Transmission forms;
  2. Delivery forms;
  3. International transmission forms.
  4. Rates for Press Telegrams.

Transmission forms

AB-TP-2.

Form number E.T. No. 5.

Heading in broad sans serif letters and well spaced.

 

AB-TP-2_menu
AB-TP-3.

Form number T.G. No. 45.

Heading in serif letters with normal (narrower) spacing.

 

AB-TP-3_menu
AB-TP-4.

Form number T.G. 45.

Heading in serif font with narrow letters.

AB-TP-4_menu
AW-TP-5.

Form number T.G. 45.

PRESS TELEGRAM moved to the left in thick bold letters.

AW-TP-5
AA-TP-6.

Form number T.G.45.

Heading in small font with
AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE replacing COMMONWEALTH at top.

AA-TP-6_menu

 

Delivery forms.

AE-DP-1.

Form number E.T. No. 6.

 

Hancock P.352
AE-DP-2:

Form number E.T. No. 6.

Printed in red on cream paper in 1924.

Heading is centered and in serif font.

AB-DP-2_menu
AB-DP-3.

Form number changed to T.G. 46.

Heading is now
RECEIVED PRESS TELEGRAM.

Printed in red on light yellow paper
about 1933.

AB-DP-3_menu
AW-DP-4.

Heading reduced to PRESS TELEGRAM and COMMONWEALTH ... much smaller.

Has a round date stamp.

Printed in red on cream to light yellow between 1946 and 1952.

AW-DP-4

International transmission forms

IAO-TP-1.

Heading is INTERNATIONAL PRESS TELEGRAM.

Has OTC logo.

IO-TP-1_menu