AW-RO-8

Australia - War years: 1940-1957.
Reply paid telegram transmission form: AW-RO-8.

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General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number T.G. 43. Heading is PREPAID REPLY/TELEGRAM. Thick horizontal lines divide sections.
Message area:	25 boxes in 5 lines.
Reverse side:	Has the paid voucher details.
Colours (text & form):	Blue on cream..
Size of form overall:	101 × 190 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

top right box has the words "AFFIX STAMPS HERE";
advertising box in the lower left corner is at least 2 columns wide;
the main distinctions between the two varieties are:
8A: on reverse side, last paragraph notes money to be refunded to depositor;
8B: on reverse side, last paragraph notes money to be refunded after contacting the Deputy-Director;
8C: on reverse side, last paragraph notes money to be refunded after contacting the Director.


Printed April 1943.	AW-RO-8Aa. Unused transmission form. Characteristics: box in lower left corner has 3rd line as "CONCESSION RATES".
	Reverse side of the above transmission form. Characteristics: has a solid line under the space for "Signature of Issuing Officer"; last paragraph finishes with "... refunded to the person who deposited it".
Printed December 1943.	AW-RO-8Ab. Characteristics: box in lower left corner has 3rd line as "AT CONCESSION RATES".
Printed 1944.	AW-RO-8Ac. Characteristics: box in lower left corner has 3rd line as "ARE ACCEPTED AT CONCESSION RATES".
Printed in September 1947.	AW-RO-8B. The reverse side of the above used transmission form. Characteristics: reverse side same as for RO-8A: second last line notes "refunded to the person who deposited it.". NOTE: Baker & Duffy were well known Sydney stamp dealers in the Imperial Arcade. Clemente was one of the all time great Tasmanian philatelists.
	Reverse side of the above transmission form. Characteristics: reverse side same as for RO-8A: second last line notes "refunded to the person who deposited it.".

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
RO-8Aa	Q.5274 - 41943.		R (unused) RRRR (used)
RO-8Ab	Sch. C.-4325 - 12/1943.
RO-8Ac	Sch. C.4495-8 - 1944.
RO-8B	Sch. C. 4758 - 7/1945.
	Sch. C.5449 - 9/1947.	23 April 1963 at Hobart Chief Telegraph Office.