AE-RO-2

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	Form number E.T. No. 3. REPLY PAID TELEGRAM in 4 mm high font.
Message area:	Blank - occupies 75% of message area.
Reverse side:	Blank.
Colours (text & form):	Black on dark green.
Size of form overall:	144 × 208 mm.
Size of datestamp box:	26 × 32 mm.

image below shows the top part of the form only. Lower part not recorded;
rare use of the word URGENT at the beginning of the transmission in second form below.
2A: No full-stop at the enfd of the main heading;
2B: Full stop at the end of the main heading,

Distinctive characteristics of this form:

centre line "Received..." ends with "message";
line above sender details ends with "Tasmania".

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
DO-1A	None	4 July 1905 at Burnie.	NC

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	AE-RO-2A. Hobart to Brisbane 13 April 1923. Top half of form only. Characteristics: lower edge is serrated and lower form has been detached to enable the paid reply to be sent; heading is 9 mm long; no full stop at end of heading.
	Datestamp with rare format RC4 - Hobart in violet. Made by a rubber stamper for use in the Telegraph Office (RC-4). Has an unusual scalloped inner band with a single circle on the outside.
AE-RO-2B. Original telegram section for a message from C.E.T.O Melbourne to Horsham on 8 February 1924. Has stop after main heading. Serrations at the base for the REPLY SECTION.
	AE-RO-2B. Bendigo to M.O.Richmond. 29 December 1923. Has the same format as the form above. The Reply Paid section has been torn off along the serrations at the base. The important feature of this form is that the message begins with the word URGENT. The message also ends with the words REPLY PAID URGENT in accordance with the Regulations. As noted previously, there was no special form for the urgent rate.

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
RO-2A	None	13 April 1923 at Hobart.	RRR
RO-2B	None	29 December 1923 at Richmond.	RRR