AB-TP-3

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number T.G. 45. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above PRESS TELEGRAM in large capital serif font.
Message area:	22 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on cream.
Size of form overall:	333 × 209 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of the form:

Form number changed to T.G. No. 45.

AB-TP-3.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

almost the same format as for the
previous transmission form (AB-TP-2)
issued three years previously;
previous reference to "To" in the Office Use box (top right)
changed to "C'ct No." to emphasise the circuit used.

As noted in other places, this telegram form reflects many aspects
of social life at the time - aspects which are sometimes
happy and joyous but at other times very sad and emotional.

Telegram forms were often used to record such moments unofficially
because, for some people, they did not have an alternative
on which to record ideas or to make notes.

The above Press form was used probably in 1932 or 1933 by a woman
who was desperate to escape her present life style.

Her notes are included here out of great sympathy for her situation
as well as to demonstrate one of the unofficial uses of telegram forms.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TP-3	Sch. C 425 --6/1929.	Unknown used.	RR