AW-TU-13

Australia - War and recovery: 1940-1957.
Urgent rate transmission form: AW-TU-13.

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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 large boxes in 5 lines.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on bright pink.
Size of form overall:	126 × 205 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

larger size form as economy measures no longer applicable;
the main distinctions between the varieties are:
13A: smaller letters for heading so URGENT has space both sides and text below heading is hyphenated at the end of line 1;
13B: form is bright pink. Text is more spread so URGENT extends across box and text below is not hyphenated.
13C: text is more spread so URGENT extends across box and text below is not hyphenated.

Printed November 1955.	AW-TU-13A. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: smaller letters for heading; "presented" is hyphenated; "TO" box has three dotted lines; "FROM" at base has two dotted lines; box in lower left corner is 55 mm wide.
	AW-TU-13A. Form used for a message from Bathurst Street Tasmania to Sydney (12 April 1960). Message had 17 words which were coded - the telegram was for the Reserve Bank of Australia. The cost of the message was 8/6 - paid with a 3/- Waratah, a 5d blue Queens Elizabeth and 50 ½d orange Kangaroo (see below) - a second 3/- Waratah appears to have been removed from the front.
	The reverse side of the above form.
Printed September 1956.	AW-TU-13B. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: printed in bright pink; larger letters for heading; "presented" is not hyphenated; "TO" box has two dotted lines; "FROM" at base has one dotted line; box in lower left corner is 57 mm wide.
Printed September 1957.	AW-TU-13C. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: larger letters for heading; "presented" is not hyphenated; "TO" box has two dotted lines; "FROM" at base has one dotted line; box in lower left corner is 58 mm wide.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TU-13A	Sch. C. 7363 - 11/55.	12 April 1960 at Bathurst St, Tasmania.	NC
TU-13B	Sch. C. 7567 - 9/56
TU-13C	Sch. C. 7742 - 9/57.