New South Wales - interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent delivery form: NI-DU-1.
Urgent delivery form: NI-DU-1.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | No form number. Heading is ISSUED FORM above NSW POST AND TELEGRAPH URGENT TELEGRAM. |
| Message area: | 7 lines of 5 boxes numbered on right to 35. |
| Reverse side: | Boxes in rows of 5 numbered on right to 100. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on orange. |
| Size of form overall: | 220 × 180 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- Same format as for Colonial forms with NSW P&T curvy heading below ISSUED FORM;
- has URGENT TELEGRAM above message boxes;
- portrait format.
Urgent rate telegrams were introduced in New South Wales in 1902 - after Federation. For this reason, all NSW Urgent forms are included in the Interim period. The forms had special coloured delivery forms.
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NI-DU-1.
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Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DU-1. | St ??7. | 24 November 1905 at Wagga Wagga. | RRRR |