| Note | Description | Year | Country | Date Added |
 | England 1962 5 Pounds (6 Pence Poundage) Postal Order.
Issued at the Swavesey post office,Cambridge,Cambridgeshire on the 13th. of March 1962.
Without counterfoil.
Paid through a bank.
This note is extremely scarce,as 5 Pounds was quite a high denomination. | 1962 | United Kingdom | 23-Mar-2008 |
 | England 1962 2 Pounds (6 Pence Poundage) Postal Order.
Issued at the Chesterfield post office,Derbyshire on the 14th. of February 1962.
Without counterfoil.
Paid through a bank.
In addition to having a red 'PAID' handstamp,& a purple handstamp,this note has been perfinned just to the left of the serial number.
A very scarce note. | 1962 | United Kingdom | 23-Mar-2008 |
 | Ulster (Northern Ireland) 1962 3 Pounds Postal Order.
Issued at the Ballyclare post office,County Antrim on the 7th. of May 1962.Paid through a bank in Manchester,England.Red 'PAID' handstamp & black bank handstamp on front.
Without counterfoil.
Very scarce. | 1962 | United Kingdom | 22-Mar-2008 |
 | Scotland 1962 21 Shillings (3 Pence Poundage) Postal Order.
Issued at the Lauriston post office,Edinburgh,Edinburghshire on the 14th. of February 1962 & paid in at the Baillieston post office,Glasgow on the 16th. of February 1962.
Paid postal orders from Great Britain are very scarce,such as this 1 Guinea postal order,as they are usually destroyed.
Red 'PAID' stamp on front.
Without counterfoil. | 1962 | Scotland | 22-Mar-2008 |
 | Ireland 2001 10 Pounds Postal Order.
Issued at the Glangevlin sub-post office,Carrick On Shannon on the 31st. of October 2001.
With counterfoil at left.
This postal order is of historic significance,as this was issued on the very last day of issue for postal orders at this particular sub-post office.
An extremely difficult to find numismatic item.
The placename is given in Erse as 'GLEANNGAIBHLE' in the datestamp. | 2001 | Ireland | 17-Mar-2008 |
 | South West Africa 1989 30 Cents (3 Cents Commission) Postal Order.
Issued at the Swakopmund 9180 post office on the 25th. of April 1989.
With counterfoil at left.Datestamp on the back of the counterfoil.
This postal order is an 'English on Top' issue.
This postal order is also printed on a 1979 Interim Issue form.
South West African postal orders are extremely difficult to find.I bought these two in an auction in England for 8 Pounds Sterling each! | 1989 | Namibia | 17-Mar-2008 |
 | South West Africa 1986 30 Cents (3 Cents Commission) Postal Order.
Issued at the Windhoek 1 post office on the 4th. of February 1986.
With counterfoil at left.No datestamp on the back of the counterfoil.
This very interesting & hard to find postal order is printed on a 1979 Interim Issue postal order form,which contains references to 'Zimbabwe Rhodesia' on the back.
This postal order is an 'Afrikaans on Top' issue. | 1986 | Namibia | 17-Mar-2008 |
 | Transkei 1991 10 Cents Postal Order.
Issued at the Umtata 2 post office on the 8th. of August 1991.
With counterfoil at right.
Transkeian postal orders have now become very difficult to find.
Transkei issued neither banknotes nor coins,so postal orders were the only numismatic items issued. | 1991 | South Africa | 17-Mar-2008 |
 | Malta 2007 50 Pence Postal Order.
Issued at Millieha post office,Malta on the 15th. of January 2007.
Asking the post office's counter clerk to datestamp this type of postal order is the only way to make them collectable,as there is no longer a counterfoil. | 2007 | Malta | 17-Mar-2008 |
 | South Africa 1990 10 Cents Postal Order.
Issued at the Walvis Bay 1 post office on the 24th. of April 1990.
With counterfoil at right.
This postal order is of historic interest,as Walvis Bay was retained as an enclave until 1994,when it was handed over to Namibia.
These issues are quite scarce. | 1990 | South Africa | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Gambia 2005 3 Pounds Postal Order.
Issued at the Banjul post office on the 12th. of September 2005.
With counterfoil at left. | 2005 | Gambia | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Gambia 2005 2 Pounds Postal Order.
Issued at the Banjul post office on the 12th. of September 2005.
With counterfoil at left. | 2005 | Gambia | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Gambia 2005 1 Pound Postal Order.
Issued at the Banjul post office on the 12th. of September 2005.
With counterfoil at left.
Gambia has only ever issued British postal orders.Banjul is the only post office issuing them.
A very difficult country to find. | 2005 | Gambia | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Ciskei 1986 2 Cents Postal Order.
Issued at the Bisho 4 post office on the 7th. of November 1986.
With counterfoil at right.
Ciskeian postal orders,including the Remainder Issues are now very difficult to find. | 1986 | South Africa | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Bophuthatswana 1985 5 Cents (1 Cent Commission) Postal Order.
Issued at the Mafikeng 1 post office on the 5th. of June 1985.
With counterfoil at right.
This postal order is of interest to those who served in the various sections of the Scout movement,as Mafikeng is better known as Mafeking.
Inscribed in both English & Tswana.Bophuthatswana was often confused with Botswana.
The postal orders from Bophuthatswana,Ciskei,Transkei,& Venda,& their Remainder Issues are now hard to find. | 1985 | South Africa | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | British Virgin Islands 2002 1 Pound Postal Order.
Issued at Road Town post office,Tortola on the 30th. of October 2002.
With counterfoil.
This is an extremely difficult country to find postal orders from. | 2002 | Bermuda | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | British Honduras 1973 5 Pence Postal Order.
Issued at the Belize City post office on the 31st. of May 1973.
Without counterfoil.
This postal order is of historic interest,as British Honduras changed its name on the 1st. of June 1973.
I bought this in an auction in England for 5 Pounds Sterling!
A very hard country to find postal orders from. | 1973 | Belize | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Wales 1970 10 Pounds Banknote.
Issued by the Black Sheep Company of Wales Ltd.
Blue 2d. stamp at right dated 3.2.70.
Cardiff Castle on the front,& denomination with border & castles in the 4 corners on the back.
This note is another extremely difficult one to find. | 1970 | United Kingdom | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Wales 1969 1 Pound Banknote.
Issued by the Chief Treasury of Wales Ltd.
A painting of a castle with boats is on the back of this note.
This note is now a very difficult one to to find. | 1969 | United Kingdom | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Wales 1969 5 Shillings Banknote.
Issued by the Black Sheep Company of Wales Ltd.
Menai Strait Bridge Series.
With 2d. stamp at left dated 3.6.69.
This note is an error note,as it is printed off-centre.
This is a very hard note to find. | 1969 | United Kingdom | 15-Mar-2008 |
 | Papua & New Guinea 1967 15 Cents (2 Cents Fee) Postal Order.
Issued at Port Moresby on the 4th. of October 1967.The 'T.P. & N.G.' in the post office's datestamp stands for 'Territory of Papua & New Guinea'.
With counterfoil at left.
This postal order is of the same type as the Australian states' issues,but the serial number has the 'P' prefix to indicate the country of issue.
I bought this in an auction in England for a bargain price of 5 Pounds Sterling!
Very hard to find! | 1967 | Papua New Guinea | 14-Mar-2008 |
 | Kenya 2002 15 Shillings (3 Shillings & 50 Cents Commission) Postal Order.
Issued at Nairobi 20 post office on the 25th. of November 2002.
With counterfoil at left. | 2002 | Kenya | 14-Mar-2008 |
 | New Zealand 1968 54 Cents on 5 Shillings (4 Cents on 4 Pence Poundage) Postal Order.
Issued at Wellington on the 19th. of December 1968,& paid at Wellington on the 29th. of November 1978.
Without counterfoil.Typed note on back.
This postal order is an extremely unusual numismatic item,because of the time between issue & payment. | 1968 | New Zealand | 11-Mar-2008 |
 | Wales 2004 50 Pence Postal Order.
Issued on the 29th. of October 2004 at Llanfair PG. (or in full 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogeychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'),which is located on the island of Anglesey.
With counterfoil at left.
This is a very interesting numismatic item from the place that has been officially recognised as having the world's longest place name. | 2004 | United Kingdom | 11-Mar-2008 |
 | Uganda 2007 10,000 Shillings.
Issued by the Bank of Uganda in 2007 to commemorate the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (23rd. to 25th. of November).
This note is quite a scarce note.
Logo on front & hydro-electric power dam with 2 gorillas on back. | 2007 | Uganda | 03-Mar-2008 |
 | Quebec 1935 5 Dollars.
Issued by the Bank of Montreal on the 2nd. of January 1935.
Canadian chartered bank notes are extremely difficult to find,so this is the only one I have got in my collection so far. | 1935 | Canada | 03-Mar-2008 |
 | Zimbabwe 2007 750,000 Dollars Bearer Cheque.
Issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on the 31st. of December 2007 with an expiry date of the 30th. of June 2008.
This note has an elephant's head & Victoria Falls on the back.
This note is printed on paper that was left over from printing $1,000 Bearer Cheques.
This note is the strangest denominated banknote in the entire British Commonwealth. | 2007 | Zimbabwe | 03-Mar-2008 |
 | Zimbabwe 2007 500,000 Dollars Bearer Cheque.
Issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in December 2007.Although this note has the issuing date of the 1st. of July 2007,it was in storage until the 20th. of December 2007.
Three elephants are depicted on the back of this note. | 2007 | Zimbabwe | 03-Mar-2008 |
 | Zimbabwe 2007 250,000 Dollars Bearer Cheque.
Issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on the 20th. of December 2007 with an expiry date of the 30th. of June 2008.
The Zimbabwe Ruins is depicted on the back of this note. | 2007 | Zimbabwe | 03-Mar-2008 |
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