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Postal Order - 1 Dollar Brunei
| Issuer | Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Brunei (Postal Services Department Brunei) |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | WANG POS BRUNEI SATU RINGGIT $1 DALAL SEPULUH SEN TIDAK BOLEH NIAGA PEJABAT MEMBAYAR PEJABAT MENGELUARKAN BAYAR SEBANYAK DI PEJABAT POS SETEM POS CAP TARIKH NO. KAD PENGENALAN TANDA TANGAN TELAH DITERIMA |
| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse printed with five numbered bilingual regulations in both Bahasa Melayu and English, governing encashment, endorsement, validity period, and liability conditions. A circular 'PERKHIDMATAN POS' date stamp reading '25 SEP 90' is impressed at lower right. Text references the Postmaster General, Brunei Darussalam, and Pejabat Pos Agung, Bandar Seri Begawan. |
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Brunei postal orders occupy an odd niche — issued by the Postal Services Department rather than the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam, they functioned as a payment instrument outside the formal banking system, useful in a country where rural postal infrastructure long outpaced branch banking. Secura Singapore, a specialist security printer, produced a number of similar instruments for Southeast Asian postal administrations during this period.
The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature — modest by banknote standards, but consistent with postal order conventions across the region at the time.