AW-TU-11

Australia - War and the recovery: 1940-1957.
Urgent rate transmission form: AW-TU-11.

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number T.G. 41A. URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines in central box.
Message area:	25 boxes in 5 lines.
Reverse side:	URGENT TELEGRAM printed in red.
Colours (text & form):	Red on cream.
Size of form overall:	100 × 2193 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

vertical lines on each side on centre box with CASH REGISTER to the left and AFFIX STAMPS .. to the right;
CHARGES in the lower left corner;
the main distinctions between the varieties are:
11A: thick vertical lines at sides of URGENT TELEGRAM heading;
11B: thin vertical lines at sides of URGENT TELEGRAM heading and M of TELEGRAM has slanted legs;
11C: thin vertical lines at sides of URGENT TELEGRAM heading and M of TELEGRAM has straight legs.

Printed December 1943.	AW-TU-11A. To Zillmere, Qld on 3 August 1965. Characteristics: thick vertical lines on each side of the centre box; "transmission" is hyphenated; "The address ..." is in lower case letters; letters on the reverse side span about 132 mm except for the 1948 printing which spans 128 mm. Very late usage (22 years after printing) but not unusual - newer forms were placed on top of old ones in the Post Offices and hence some old forms had been at the bottom of the pile for many years.
Printed July 1946.	AW-TU-11B. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: thin vertical lines on each side on centre box; "transmission" is not hyphenated; "The address ..." is in small upper case letters; very different format for the schedule number; text in lower left box is all capitals.
	Reverse side of form 11B. 140 mm wide.
Printed in September 1947.	AW-TU-11C. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: thin vertical lines on each side on centre box; "transmission" is not hyphenated; "M" of TELEGRAM has straight legs; "The address ..." is in larger upper case letters; letters on the reverse side span 125 mm; text in lower left box is capitalsand lower case.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
11A	Sch. C. 3365 - 9/1942.		NC
	Sch. C. 4325 - 12/1943	3 August 1965 at Zillmere, Qld.	RR used
	Sch. C. 4495 - 8/1944.		C unused
	Sch. C. 4758 - 7/1945.
	Sch. C. 5724 - 7/1948.
11B	Sch. C. 505 - 7/1946 - M.P. 35424 S
11C	Sch. C. 5449 - 9/1947.