TI-RO-1

Tasmania - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Reply paid ordinary rate delivery form: TI-RO-1.

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Special aspects

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 10. Heading is standard Commonwealth interim format. Reply Paid not explicitly mentioned.
Message area:	6 lines of 5 boxes.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on green paper.
Size of form overall:	134 × 216 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	32 × 35 mm.

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

has serrated edge at bottom from where the reply message had been torn;
box for "No. of words ..." etc. is on the left;
full space for the address in the centre.

TI-RO-1.
Hobart to Launceston
26 March 1908.

This form would have been the top half of a two-part form. This part was used to record the message transmitted from the sending station. The lower part was to be used by the receiver of this telegram to write the reply.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
RO-1	Not known.	1 July 1906 at Hobart.	RRR