VI-DU-1

Victoria - Interim period: 1901-197.
Urgent rate delivery form: VI-DU-1.

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form No. E.T. No. 3. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above heading referencing VICTORIA.
Message area:	6 lines of 5 boxes.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on orange.
Size of form overall:	175 × 216 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	38 × 38 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

The first Urgent rate delivery form issued in Victoria;
has URGENT TELEGRAM in sans-serif capital letters;
heading is above date stamp box.

VI-DU-1

VI-DU-1.

Eden, NSW to Richmond, Vic
(18 October 1909).
Has boxed RICHMOND handstamp.

Characteristics:

has a box at the left for "No. of Words", etc;
has entries at base for "Time Lodged", "Signature", etc;
no schedule number but has a stores number in lower left.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DU-1	C. 5142.	9 October 1909 at Richmond.	RR