AB-TU-3

Australia - Brown years: 1917-1922.
Urgent rate transmission form: AB-TU-3.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form Number E.T. No. 1a. URGENT TELEGRAM.
Message area:	25 boxes in five lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on salmon pink (orange).
Size of form overall:	127 × 199 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

large box TLC for receipt by cash register or stamps;
"Charges for 16 words ..." below Cash Register box;
only requests "Address" not recipient;
"Consecutive No." in lower left corner above stock number;
text under heading begins "Accepted" (not "presented") for transmission;.
the main distinctions between the varieties are:
3A: rectangular date stamp box;
3B: circular date stamp box.

No image is presently available.

AB-TU-3A.

Characteristics:

Possibly printed in 1926.

AB-TU-3B.

Unused (and torn) transmission form.

Characteristics:

small circular box
(24 mm in diameter) for date stamp;
charges are summarised in two lines;
in section at right recording the details of the transmission, second entry is "Line".

Details of use and rarity.