Australia -War and recovery: 1940-1957.
Urgent rate phonograms: AW-PU-1 to 3.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form Number T.G. 70A.
Early forms omitted the reference to "COMMONWEALTH ...".
Message area: Blank.
Reverse side: URGENT TELEGRAM on first form and then blank.
Colours (text & form): Red on cream then later black on pink..
Size of form overall: 141 × 200 mm (1947) and
146 × 203 mm (pink).
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AW_PU_1A
Printed in July 1947.		 AW-PU-1A.

Unused transmission form with counterfoil folded up and showing the message and details section.

Characteristics:

  • no "Commonwealth .." Authority in the heading;
  • printed in red on white paper.
AW_PU_1A_rev AW-PU-1A.

Reverse side of the above unused transmission form with the counterfoil folded up to show the URGENT TELEGRAM note.
AW_PU_2A
Printed in October 1949.		 AW-PU-2A.

Unused transmission form with counterfoil folded up and showing the message and details section.

Characteristics:

  • printed on pink paper;
  • has "Commonwealth ..." Authority which is left justified below "Subscriber's name ...".
AW-PU-2A-rev Reverse side of the above unused transmission form folded out to show part of the blank reverse section.
AW_PU_2A_used AW-PU-3A.

Used counterfoil - at T.O. Townsville 15 January 1964.

Clearly a different printing given the font and layout differences.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
PU-1 Sch. C5398 - 7/1947.   NC
PU-2 Sch. C6092 - 10/1949.   NC
PU-3 Not known. 15 January 1964 at Townsville. NC