Tasmania - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent rate delivery form: TI-DU-4.
Urgent rate delivery form: TI-DU-4.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 3. TELEGRAM URGENT split across standardised interim heading. Two vertical lines of text at left. |
| Message area: | Blank in version 3A; 9 lines in version 3B. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on pink or on salmon paper. |
| Size of form overall: | 171 × 228 mm (4A) or 168 × 218 mm (4B). |
| Size of datestamp box: | 32 × 39 mm |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- URGENT is in sans-serif font;
- four entries under heading for "Station from, No of Words, Amount and Time Lodged" ;
- 2nd line of vertical text at left has only 3 words and begins "at...";
- the main distinction between the the formats is:
4A: message area is blank;
4B: message area is lined.
Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| DU-4A | B65152...8. | 23 May 1916 at Avoca. | NC |
| B67507...8. | NC | ||
| B72415...16 | December 1917 at Deloraine (in blue). | R | |
| DU-4B | B72414...16. | 11 September 1919 at Hobart. | NC |