Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Urgent rate delivery form: AB-DU-4.
Urgent rate delivery form: AB-DU-4.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 2A. Heading is RECEIVED TELEGRAM. URGENT RATE. |
| Message area: | Blank - occupies 46% of total area. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Printed on pink paper - font colour varies. |
| Size of form overall: | 126× 203 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- heading has three sections plus a date stamp box;
- now includes a "Time and Date Lodged" entry under the heading;
- date stamp box has only 2 sides;
- date stamp box extends below horizontal line;
- the main distinctions between the varieties are:
4A: one sentence of text in "Remarks" box;
4B: two sentences of text in "Remarks" box.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DU-4A | Sched. C 107-6/1926. | 19 September 1929 at Windsor. | R |
| DU-4Ba | Sch. C. C220/1927.-Z11-12 | 3 June 1939 at Port Lincoln. | R |
| DU-4Bb | Sch. C. C220/1927.-Z11-12 | R |