New South Wales - interim period: 1901-1917.
Urgent delivery form: NI-DU-4.
General characteristics:

Heading and notes: No form number.
Two lines of text at left.
Message area: Blank (2A & 2B) or faint ruled (2C).
Reverse side: Blank.
Colours (text & form): Black on deep pink.
Size of form overall: 164 × 212 mm.
Size of datestamp box: 37 × 37 mm.
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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NI-DU-4Aa.

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Characteristics:

  • no letter "D" above POSTMASTER;
  • "Station from ..." in small type;
  • message area has faint grey ruled lines;
  • printed on waxy paper (especially noticeable on reverse side).
 

NI-DU-4Ab.

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Characteristics:

  • the letter "D" is above POSTMASTER;
  • "Station from ..." in small type;
  • message area has faint grey ruled lines;
  • printed on waxy paper (especially noticeable on reverse side).
  NI-DU-4B.

Characteristics:

  • "Station from ..." added below standard heading and in very small type;
  • message area is blank;
  • PMG heading in sans-serif font.
NI_DU_4C NI-DU-4C.

Wagga Wagga to Adelong, NSW (21 July 1914).

Characteristics:

  • "Station from ..." is in larger type than in form type 4B above;
  • the message area has faint grey ruled lines;
  • printed on waxy paper (especially noticeable on reverse side).

Details of use and rarity.

Form
sub-number		 Schedule number Earliest recorded date Rarity rating
DU-4A     RRR
DU-4B     RRR
DU-4C St. 3481 21 July 1914 at Adelong, NSW. RRR

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