General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form E.T. No. 2a. Combined form and envelope design. Five distinct sections. Heading is URGENT TELEGRAM. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on pink to salmon (various shades). |
| Size of form overall: | 1194 × 201 mm (excluding flaps). |
Distinctive characteristics of the form:
Bridgetown to Perth(C.E.T.O. datestamp of 30 January 1918).
28 words costing 1/9.
Top section only shown.
Cowra to Windsor.3 August 1920.
19 words.
Complete form shown.
Launceston to Storey Creek.10 June 1924.
14 words costing 2/- (intra-state basic rate of 1/- doubled for Urgent rate).
Top section only shown.
AE-DU-1B.
Printed in April 1918.
Printed in April 1918.
Characteristics:
- has been printed on dark pink paper - but has same schedule number as the above form;
- has form number E.T. No. 2a;
- has date stamp at right but no box;
- URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines;
- has ornate scroll at base of "TO" box at left;
- has entry "Time Lodged".
Stock Exchange, Melbourne to Maryborough.14 October 1922.
19 words costing 4/6 as Reply paid
(intra-state rate of 1/- plus 3 words @ 1d then total doubled for urgent rate.
The reply paid component is 1/- for 16 words doubled for the urgent rate.
AE-DU-1C (folded).
The above delivery form has been folded to show the address on the reverse side and the flaps used to seal the telegram.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DU-1A | B.774/2.17.--C.1823. | 21 December 1917 at CETO Sydney. | R |
| B.774/2.17.--C.9910. | R | ||
| DU-1B | B.774/4.18 --C.4697. | 10 July 1920 at Oatlands, Tasmania. | RR |
| DU-1C | B.1024/7.19--C.2252. | 18 January 1921 at Windsor. | R |