AB-TU-5

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:

requests "To" not just address of recipient;
the main distinctions between the varieties are:
4A: heading is in two lines;
4B: heading is in only one line.

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:

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