Australia - Establishment period: 1917-1923.
Urgent rate delivery form AE-DU-2.
Urgent rate delivery form AE-DU-2.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 2a. Heading is URGENT TELEGRAM in one line. |
| Message area: | Blank - takes up 75% of the form. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Blue on pink paper. |
| Size of form overall: | 127 × 202 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- horizontal form of the more conventional design;
- a space but no box for the date stamp;
- printed in blue on pink paper;
- The main distinction between the two formats is:
2A: has no schedule number at the left;
2B: has a two-line schedule number at the left.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| 2A | None | 11 February 1924 at Windsor, NSW. | R |
| 2B | C.78./ B1132. | 26 September 1924 at Wagga Wagga. | R |