Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Urgent rate delivery form: AB-DU-6.
Urgent rate delivery form: AB-DU-6.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number T.G. No. 42A (changed from E.T. No. 2A). Heading is RECEIVED TELEGRAM URGENT RATE. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Three unbordered advertisements. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on pink paper. |
| Size of form overall: | 126 × 202 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- has a line of advertising "FOR QUICK SERVICE ..." above the C of A heading and a line across the centre under the heading section "FOR INFORMATION ON ...";
- has three advertisements on the reverse (printed in blue);
- message area occupies only 36% of the form;
- unlike the corresponding ordinary rate delivery form (AB-DO-6), there was only the one advertisement printed at the top. The "TELEGRAPH: THE RESULTS OF ONE .." slogan was not used.
 Form was printed in October 1929 |
AB-DU-6.
London via Beam to Fremantle. |
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Reverse side of the above form showing the advertisements. |
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DU-6 | Sch. C425 - 10/1929 | 29 September 1931 at CTO Sydney (H). | RRR |