Australia - Brown years: 1917-1922.
Urgent rate transmission form: AB-TU-5.
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form Number E.T. No. 41a.
TELEGRAM - URGENT RATE in one line.
Four boxed sections.
Message area: 25 boxes in five lines.
Reverse side: Advertisements in three columns.
Colours (text & form): Black on deep pink.
Size of form overall: 127 × 204 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
  • centre line "Received..." ends with "message";
  • line above sender details ends with "Tasmania".
 
   
   

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DO-1A None 4 July 1905 at Burnie. NC
       
       
       
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Printed in June 1929.		 AB-TU-5.

Unused urgent rate transmission form.

Characteristics:

  • top heading is an advertisement for
    USE THE TELEPHONE TO SEND YOUR TELEGRAMS;
  • Office Date Stamp at right is unboxed;
  • CHARGES ... are included under the main heading;
  • above the message area is the text -
    THE INFORMATION ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM WILL INTEREST YOU;
  • two dotted lines at the base for sender details between two lines of text.
AB-TU-5 (reverse side).

Reverse side of the above urgent rate transmission form.

Characteristics:

  • three columns of unboxed advertisements for:

    LIFT A TELEPHONE ...

    A TELEPHONE COSTS ...

    THE PROMPT DELIVERY ...

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
TU-5 Sch. C425 - 6/1929. None seen used. RRRR