New South Wales - Interim: 1900-1917.
Urgent rate delivery envelope: NI-EU-1.
Urgent rate delivery envelope: NI-EU-1.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number St. 7000. Heading is URGENT TELEGRAM in an octagonal frame. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & envelope): | Black on pink. |
| Size of envelope overall: | 88 × 145 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- has URGENT TELEGRAM in a double lined octagonal frame;
- schedule number St. 7000 in the lower left corner together with a "NO FEES .." note in a double lined octagonal frame;
- flap has curved sides and rounded peak.
- no indication that this is an Interim period item but the usage indicates it was not available before Federation.
New South Wales did not make provision for an Urgent rate when it was a Colony. The Urgent rate was only introduced after Federation.
The NSW design for its first Urgent rate delivery envelope is almost identical to that used in Victoria during the Interim period but with small differences - especially the inclusion of the Stores number and the absence of the full stop after TELEGRAM.
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NI-EU-1.
Date not recorded but other similar envelopes were used about 1910-11. Characteristics:
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NI-EU-1 (reverse side).
Seal on the flap has ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE in a Belt & Buckle design. Unusual inscription as the name had been changed in 1893. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| EU-1 | St 7000 | 21 April 1914 at Telegraph Branch Sydney. | RR |