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1 Pound Postal Order
| Issuer | Post Office Counters Limited |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Cheques |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Queen Elizabeth II within an oval vignette at left, wearing a tiara and pearl necklace. Central guilloche underprint in teal with a payee line, denomination ONE POUND in bold letterpress, and a postage stamp affixing panel at lower centre. Circular date stamps for paying and issuing offices appear at lower left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOT NEGOTIABLE BRITISH POSTAL ORDER SENDER MUST FILL IN PAYEE'S NAME IN INK PLEASE PAY ONE POUND AT (POST OFFICE) RECEIVED / SIGNATURE POSTAGE STAMPS One or two Postage Stamps may be added to the Postal Order in this space only. PAYING OFFICE DATE STAMP ISSUING OFFICE DATE STAMP £1 |
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Post Office Counters Limited was the retail arm spun off from the Post Office in 1986, and by 1994 it had become the formal issuing authority named on postal orders — a change that reflected internal corporate restructuring rather than any shift in how the instruments actually functioned. Postal orders of this period were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, by then operating as part of De La Rue, at their New Malden facility.
The 1 Pound denomination was the single highest fixed-value postal order available at this time, before higher values were phased in during later years. Counterfoil stubs and the requirement for a payee name to be added at point of sale meant unused examples are far more common in collections than genuinely issued and cancelled ones.