AB-AD-2

Australia - various periods: 1917-1988.
Telegram Non-Delivery Advice dockets.

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number 66. Standard Commonwealth heading above TELEGRAM NON-DELIVERY ADVICE.
Message area:	Lined.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on cream.
Size of form overall:	Various.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

many small differences in format from one printing to the next.

Printed in September 1940.	AB-AD-2A. Form used for a telegram sent from Croydon Park to Hindmarsh, SA. (18 January 1943). Characteristics: usual Commonwealth ... heading; heading has small sans serif letters and both lines are underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs". has the schedule number in the lower left corner; size is 109 × 164 mm.
Printed in July 1947.	AB-AD-2B. Form used on 26 October 1949 at Melbourne. Characteristics: usual Commonwealth ... heading; heading has slightly larger sans serif letters and both lines are underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs"; has the schedule number in the lower left corner; size is 104 × 163 mm.
Printed in July 1948.	AB-AD-2C. Form used on 24 June 1953 at CTO Melbourne. Characteristics: usual Commonwealth ... heading; heading has large sans serif letters and both lines are underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs"; has two types of schedule number; size is 108 × 165 mm.
Printed in August 1952.	AB-AD-2D. Unused form. Characteristics: usual Commonwealth ... heading; heading has small serif letters and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs"; has the schedule number in the lower right corner size is 125 × 203 mm.
Printed in August 1958.	AB-AD-2E. Unused form. Characteristics: usual Commonwealth ... heading; heading has very large serif letters and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs" and "Postmaster"; has the schedule number in the lower right corner; size is 123 × 201 mm.
Printed in June 1962.	AB-AD-2F. Form used at Mortdale on 23 April 1970. Characteristics: heading changed to POST OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS AUSTRALIA; heading has large serif letters and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Superintendent of Telegraphs" and "Postmaster"; has the schedule number in the lower right corner; size is 127 × 204 mm.
Printed in June 1965.	AB-AD-2G. Unused form. Characteristics: heading changed to AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE; heading has serif letters and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Postmaster" and "Traffic Officer-in-charge"; has the schedule number in the lower left corner; size is 127 × 203 mm.
Printed in 1969.	AB-AD-2H. Form used at CTO Melbourne on 21 July 1972. Characteristics: heading is AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE; heading has serif letters and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Postmaster" and "Traffic Officer-in-charge"; has the schedule number in the lower left corner; size is 126 × 203 mm.
Printed in 1972.	AB-AD-2I. Unused form. Characteristics: heading is AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE; heading has serif letters - very large letters in second line and only the second line is underlined; signed by "Postmaster" and "Traffic Officer-in-charge"; has the schedule number in the lower right corner; size is 127 × 203 mm.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
AD-2A	Sch. C2941 - 9/1940	18 January 1943 at Hindmarsh, SA.	RRR
AD-2B	Sch. C.4495 - 8/1944.	20 September 194? at CTO Melbourne.	RRR
	Sch. C. 5398 - 7/1947	26 October 1949 at CTO Melbourne.	RRR
AD-2C	Sch. C.5724 - 7/1948 19719/8/48 - 300M - *16/72.	24 June 1953 at CTO Melbourne.	RRR
AD-2D	Sch. C.6815 - 8/52		RRR
AD-2E	O/N C.1984 - 8/58		RRR
AD-2F	O/N. C.2319 - 6/60		RRR
	O/N/. 2638. -6/62...	23 April 1970 at Oatley, NSW.	RRR
AD-2G	O/N. C.3252. - 6/65...		RRR
AD-2H	O/N. C.3857/69	21 July1972 at CTO Melbourne.	RRR
AD-2I	O/N/ C.4254/72...		RRR