Australia - Brown years: 1923-1939.
Reply paid delivery form AB-RO-3.

  
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: Form number E.T. No. 3.
REPLY PAID TELEGRAM for top half and PREPAID REPLY TELEGRAM for lower half.
Message area: Blank in top section and
25 boxes in five lines in lower section.
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on green.
Size of form overall: 266 × 205 mm.
Distinctive characteristics of this form:
 
AB-RO-3A
Printed in 1923 or 1924.		 AB-RO-3A.

Unused complete form with two sections.

Characteristics:

  • upper section is 146 mm high;
  • lower section is 120 mm high
  • REPLY PAID heading is 102 mm wide in 5 mm high serif letters. There is no full stop;
  • has a rectangular date stamp box.
AB-RO-3B AB-RO-3B.

Ararat to Richmond, Vic.
(9 June 1925).

Top section of form only.

Characteristics:

  • printed on thick light green paper;
  • this section is 132 mm high;
  • REPLY PAID heading is 102.7 mm wide in 5 mm high letters. There is a full stop;
  • has a rectangular date stamp box.
AB-RO-3C
Probably printed in early 1926.		 AB-RO-3C.

Launceston to Whitemark, Tas.
(21 November 1929).

Top section of form only.

Characteristics:

  • printed on thin grey paper;
  • this section is 135 mm high;
  • REPLY PAID heading is 90 mm wide in 4.5 mm high letters. There is a full stop;
  • has a circular date stamp box;
  • very different wording across centre.

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
RO-3A A 9240
(probably a Stores number).		  

RRRR as a complete form.

RRR (top half) - lower half not recorded.
RO-3B Not on top half. 9 June 1925 at Richmond, Vic.
RO-3C Not on top half. 21 November 1929 at Whitemark, Tas.