AB-TU-12

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number T.G. 41A. URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines in central box.
Message area:	25 boxes in 5 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on salmon-pink.
Size of form overall:	104 × 190 mm.

no charges listed on the form;
box at right changed to CASH REGISTER OR STAMPS;
reverse side is blank;
thick black letters in heading;
the main distinctions between the varieties are:
12A: lower left corner is blank;
12B: lower left corner has a text box about "sender's signature".

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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Printed August 1950.

AW-TU-12A.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

printed in black;
lower left corner is blank.

AW-TU-12A.

Used at Melbourne
26 June 1953.

Same form number as previously but a used example informing a family that their son, who was a digger, had been wounded in action.

AW-TU-12B.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

printed in blue;
lower left corner has a box about "sender's signature...".

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TU-12A	Sch. C. 6361-8/50.	26 June 1953 at Melbourne.	NC
TU-12B	Sch. C. 6621- 10/51.		NC