Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Urgent rate delivery form: AB-DU-4.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number E.T. No. 2A.
Heading is RECEIVED TELEGRAM.
URGENT RATE.
Message area: Blank - occupies 46% of total area.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Printed on pink paper - font colour varies.
Size of form overall: 126× 203 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

  • heading section has three parts plus a date stamp box;
  • heading has three lines including "RECEIVED TELEGRAM" and "URGENT RATE".
  • includes a "Time and Date Lodged" entry under the heading;
  • date stamp box has only 2 sides;
  • date stamp box extends below horizontal line;
  • the main distinctions between the varieties are:
    4A: one sentence of text in "Remarks" box;
    4B: two sentences of text in "Remarks" box.
AB-DU-4A Forbes to Windsor.
13 September 1929.
AE-DU-4A.

Characteristics:

  • printed on pink paper.
  • text in blue.
  • printed in June 1926.
  • one sentence of text in REMARKS box;
DU-4B Glenelg to Port Lincoln.
3 June 1939.
AE-DU-4Ba.

Characteristics:

  • printed on pink paper.
  • text in purple
    (or probably the blue ink has changed over the years).
  • printed in 1927.
  • two sentences of text in REMARKS box;

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DU-4A Sched. C 107-6/1926. 19 September 1929 at Windsor. R
DU-4Ba Sch. C. C220/1927.-Z11-12 3 June 1939 at Port Lincoln. R
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