Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Reply paid delivery form AB-RO-4.
Reply paid delivery form AB-RO-4.
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General characteristics:
| Heading and notes: | Form number E.T. No. 3. Heading changed to RECEIVED TELEGRAM/ With Prepaid Reply Voucher. Base of form is serrated where the voucher had been. |
| Message area: | Blank. |
| Reverse side: | Blank. |
| Colours (text & form): | Black on brown. |
| Size of form overall: | 135 × 205 mm. |
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
- new format with RECEIVED TELEGRAM heading;
- top half of form has three sections plus date stamp box like for the contemporary ordinary rate delivery form (AB-DO-4);
- message area occupies about 40% of the form.
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AB-RO-4.
South Beach to Victoria Park, WA Top section of form only. Characteristics:
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Details of use and rarity.
| Form sub-number |
Schedule number | Earliest recorded date | Rarity rating |
| RO-4 | Not on top half. | 18 November 1927 at Tamworth (H). | RRR |