New South Wales - interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent delivery form: NI-DU-5.

  
General characteristics:

 

Heading and notes: No form number.
Two lines of vertical text at the left.
Message area: Blank (5A & 5B) or faint ruled.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on deep pink.
Size of form overall: 169 × 213 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 37 × 37 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:

 

 

NI-DU - 5A.

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Characteristics:

  • no letter "D" above POSTMASTER;
  • "Station from ..." is missing below "This message has ...";
  • message area has faint grey ruled lines.
 

NI-DU-5B.

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Characteristics:

  • the letter "D" is above POSTMASTER;
  • "Station from ..." is missing below "This message has ...";
  • message area has faint grey ruled lines.
NI-DU-5C

NI-DU-5C.

Wagga Wagga to Adelong, NSW.
21 July 1914.

Characteristics:

  • PMG heading in sans-serif font;
  • "Station from ..." added below standard heading and in very small type;
  • message area is blank.
  NI-DU-5D.

Characteristics:

  • PMG heading in sans-serif font;
  • "Station from ..." is in larger type than in form type 5C above;
  • the message area has faint grey ruled lines.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DU-5A     RRR
DU-5B     RRR
DU-5C St. 3481 21 July 1914 at Adelong, NSW. RRR
DU-5D     RRR