Australia - Establishment period: 1917-1922.
Urgent rate transmission form: AE-TU-1.
Urgent rate transmission form: AE-TU-1.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 1a. Special space at right under date stamp for recording sending details. |
| Message area: | 30 boxes in six lines. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on dull orange brown. |
| Size of form overall: | 127 × 202 mm. |
| Size of datestamp box: | 22.5 × 31 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines;
- telegraph charges included in Cash Register box;
- the main distinctions between the varieties are:
1A: heading is in sans serif capital letters;
1B: heading is in serif capital letters.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| 1A | B. 875/12.17. - C16686. | RR | |
| B. 875/12.17. - C16686. - 100M. | |||
| 1B | None. | RRR |