AB-TU-4

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form Number E.T. No. 1a. TELEGRAM - URGENT RATE in one or two lines. Four boxed sections.
Message area:	30 boxes in six lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on deep pink.
Size of form overall:	127 × 201 mm.

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.

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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AB-TU-4A.

Unused urgent rate transmission form.

Characteristics:

heading is in two lines;
TO is in serif italic font;
text at base is in a block in the lower right corner;
FROM at the base has two lines;
the Schedule number in the lower left corner begins "Sched.".

Printed in 1927.

AB-TU-4B.

Unused (and torn) urgent rate transmission form.

Characteristics:

heading is in one line;
TO is in sans-serif font;
in section at right "FOR OFFICE ..." recording the details of the transmission, second entry is "To".
text at base is in two lines separated by two dotted lines for written details of the sender;
the Schedule number in the lower left corner begins "Sch.".

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TU-4A	Sched. C. 107 - 6/1926.	None seen used.	R
TU-4B	Sch. C220/1927. - Z7	None seen used.	R