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1 Shilling Postal Order (India Overprint)
| Issuer | British Post Office |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Obverse description | Left vignette bears a circular medallion with a right-facing portrait of King George V in uniform, inscribed POSTAL ORDER and ONE PENNY poundage. Central text reads BRITISH POSTAL ORDER / To the Postmaster General / ONE SHILLING within a guilloche band. INDIA overprint applied in red at upper left. Dated manuscript 5 March 1934 with issuing office circular stamp at right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse printed in black letterpress with five numbered clauses detailing the conditions of use, including crossing, receipt signing, alteration, expiry, and liability regulations. A bold advisory notice at foot reads: THE SENDER IS RECOMMENDED TO FILL IN THE NAME OF THE OFFICE OF PAYMENT BEFORE PARTING WITH THE ORDER, AS A PRECAUTION IN CASE THE ORDER SHOULD BE LOST OR STOLEN. |
| Reverse lettering | 1. If this Order be crossed like a cheque payment will only be made through a Bank. / 2. Except when this Order is paid through a Bank the payee MUST SIGN THE RECEIPT on the face, and must also fill in the name of the Post Office if that has not already been done. / 3. If any erasure or alteration be made, or if this Order be cut, defaced, or mutilated, payment may be refused. / 4. If this Order be not paid within THREE months from the last day of the month of issue, a commission equal to the original poundage will be charged. In no case may this Order be paid after the expiration of SIX months from the last day of the month of issue until reference has been made to the Controller, Money Order Department (Postal Order Branch), Manor Gardens, Holloway, London, N. 7. / 5. After this Order has once been paid—to whomsoever it is paid—the Postmaster General will not be liable for any further claim in respect of this Order. / THE SENDER IS RECOMMENDED TO FILL IN THE NAME OF THE OFFICE OF PAYMENT BEFORE PARTING WITH THE ORDER, AS A PRECAUTION IN CASE THE ORDER SHOULD BE LOST OR STOLEN. |
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