Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Urgent rate delivery envelope: AB-EU-4.
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form No. T. G. 65C.
URGENT TELEGRAM is right justified.
Message area:

Boxed advertisement for ORNAMENTAL TELEGRAM FORMS
is in the top left corner with
FOR QUICK SERVICE ...
above the base.
Reverse side: Two slogans.
Colours (text & envelope): Red on white.
Size of envelope overall: 28 × 46 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of the form:


It is highly possible that this format was also first printed with three peace-time slogans and then the slogan on the flap was changed
to BE SURE TO FULLY ADDRESS MAIL. Such an envelope is however unrecorded.

AB-EU-4 AB-EU-4A.

Unused urgent rate delivery envelope.

Characteristics:

  • printed on white paper;
  • reverse side is the same as that below for EU-4B.
AB-EU-4B AB-EU-4B.

Unused urgent rate delivery envelope.

Characteristics:

  • printed on fawn (light brown) paper.
AB-EU-4B rev AB-EU-4B (reverse).

Reverse side of the above urgent rate delivery envelope.

Characteristics:
AB-EU-4C.

Front of an urgent rate delivery envelope.

Characteristics:

  • the bottom border is very thin.
  • "for" on the 2nd line of the advertisement finishes after the "m" of TELEGRAM above.
  • "GREETINGS" on line 4 is followed by a full stop.
AB-EU-4C (reverse).

Front of an urgent rate delivery envelope.

Characteristics:

  • Advertisements are for REGISTRATION and for "YOUR TELEPHONE ..." - hence both are peace time themes.
  • The flap is rectangular.
  • almost certainly printed in the immediate post-War period.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
EU-4A None 16 August 1943 at Katanning, WA. NC
EU-4B None   NC
EU-4C None   NC