Single frankings:
AA-TO-12.
Northgate, Qld to Waverly, NSW - 14 April 1964. Single frankng of 3/- Waratah. 12 words costing 3/- is basic telegram rate in this period. |
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AA-TO-12Bb.
Oriel Park to Cairns, Qld. Single franking of 3/- Waratah. 11 words - although 12 words minimum - costing 3/- is basic telegram rate in this period.
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AA-TO-12Bb.
Banyo Park to Goondiwindi, Qld. Single franking of 4/- Tasman from the 1964 Navigator series. 15 words plus the State costing 4/-: 3/- is basic telegram rate for 12 words plus an additional 4 words @ 3d per word. |
Multiple frankings:
AW-TO-10B. Bathurst Street, Tas to Melbourne - 6 May 1960. Example of use of 5/- Arms supplemented by a 5d blue Queen Elizabeth II and, on reverse, 50 ½d yellow Kangaroos. A 2/- stamp - presumably the recently released 2/- Flannel Flower - has been removed. 38 words: hence 3/- for first 12 words and 26 words at 3d each (6/6) giving a total cost of 9/6.
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AW-TU-11A.
Pinkenba (Qld) to Zillmere Multiple franking of 3/- Ibis and 5/- Dampier. 16 words: double ordinary rate so first 12 words cost 6/- plus an additional 4 words @ 6d each
Very late usage (22 years after printing) but not unusual - newer forms were placed on top of old ones in the Post Offices and hence some old forms had been at the bottom of the pile for many years. |