QI-EU-1

General characteristics:

Heading and notes:	No form number. Urgent Telegram on two lines separated with a Crest.
Message area:	Blank.
Reverse side:	Has a printed oval seal in black on the flap.
Colours (text & form):	Black on orange.
Size of form overall:	85 (approx) × 138 mm.

URGENT TELEGRAM in two lines centered;
Has "TELEGRAPH OFFICE" and partila date (191-) in the lower left corner.

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

Where do you want to go next? Return to the top. Urgent envelopes produced in the Colonial period.

QI-EU-1.

Used for a Cablegram to Cairns IQI-DC-1.
20 February 1913.

Characteristics:

Electric Telegraph Department words used n the Colonial Urgent rate delivery envelopes have been removed;
date starts "191_";

Reverse side of the above envelope front.
The curved flap is the same as for the Queensland Colonial delivery envelopes.
The Crest has the same arrangement inside the oval but the oval has a thinner outer ring and its size is 23 × 34 mm (e = 0.74).

QI-EU-1.

Used for an Urgent rate delivery telegram
QI-DU-1Ba.
Calcutta, India by Cable to Killarney (19 July 1916).

Characteristics:

has URGENT heading at the top;
Electric Telegraph Department words used n the Colonial Urgen rate delivery envelopes have been removed;
date starts "191_";

Details of use and rarity.

Form sub-number	Schedule number	Earliest recorded date	Rarity rating
EU-1	None	19 July 1916 at Killarney.	RRR