TI-DU-4

Tasmania - Interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent rate delivery form: TI-DU-4.

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 3. TELEGRAM URGENT split across standardised interim heading. Two vertical lines of text at left.
Message area:	Blank in version 3A; 9 lines in version 3B.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on pink or on salmon paper.
Size of form overall:	171 × 228 mm (4A) or 168 × 218 mm (4B).
Size of datestamp box:	32 × 39 mm

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

URGENT is in sans-serif font;
four entries under heading for "Station from, No of Words, Amount and Time Lodged" ;
2nd line of vertical text at left has only 3 words and begins "at...";
the main distinction between the the formats is:
4A: message area is blank;
4B: message area is lined.

TI-DU-4A.
Melbourne to Avoca
23 May 1916.

Characteristics:

TI-DU-4B.
Launceston to Storey's Creek
16 September 1924.

Characteristics:

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DU-4A	B65152...8.	23 May 1916 at Avoca.	NC
	B67507...8.		NC
	B72415...16	December 1917 at Deloraine (in blue).	R
DU-4B	B72414...16.	11 September 1919 at Hobart.	NC