Australia - War and recovery: 1940-1957.
Urgent rate transmission form: AW-TU-13.

 
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number T.G. 41A.
URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines in central box.
Message area: 25 large boxes in 5 lines.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on bright pink.
Size of form overall: 126 × 205 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AW_TU_12A
Printed November 1955.
AW-TU-13A.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

  • smaller letters for heading;
  • "presented" is hyphenated;
  • "TO" box has three dotted lines;
  • "FROM" at base has two dotted lines;
  • box in lower left corner is 55 mm wide.
AW-TU-13A 1960 AW-TU-13A.

Form used for a message from Bathurst Street Tasmania to Sydney (12 April 1960).

Message had 17 words which were coded - the telegram was for the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The cost of the message was 8/6 - paid with a 3/- Waratah, a 5d blue Queens Elizabeth and 50 ½d orange Kangaroo (see below) - a second 3/- Waratah appears to have been removed from the front.

AW-DO-13A 1960 rev The reverse side of the above form.
AW-TU-13B
Printed September 1956.
AW-TU-13B.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

  • printed in bright pink;
  • larger letters for heading;
  • "presented" is not hyphenated;
  • "TO" box has two dotted lines;
  • "FROM" at base has one dotted line;
  • box in lower left corner is 57 mm wide.
Printed September 1957. AW-TU-13C.

Unused transmission form.

Characteristics:

  • larger letters for heading;
  • "presented" is not hyphenated;
  • "TO" box has two dotted lines;
  • "FROM" at base has one dotted line;
  • box in lower left corner is 58 mm wide.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number
Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
TU-13A Sch. C. 7363 - 11/55. 12 April 1960 at Bathurst St, Tasmania. NC
TU-13B Sch. C. 7567 - 9/56  
TU-13C Sch. C. 7742 - 9/57.