VI-TU-1

Victoria - Interm: 1900-1917.
Urgent rate transmission form: VI-TU-1.

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form Number 152. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA above standard Interim period heading. URGENT TELEGRAM is in a separate box below.
Message area:	30 boxes in six rows of 5.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on pink paper.
Size of form overall:	213 × 211 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

heading is shifted across to the right side of the form;
has telegraph charges in a box on the left;
has schedule number in the lower left corner.

VI-TI-1
Printed in February 1916.

Provenance: Dave Elsmore.

VI-TU-1.
Message to be sent to St. Arnaud.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
TU-1	C.667/2.16. - C.808	Not dated.	RRRR