The Gambia 1971 1 Shilling & 6 Pence postal order.

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Check out this postal order;



This is another reason why Notista is most definitely needed.

Aidan.
But postal orders are neither notes (more like cheques) nor legel tender.
Quote: "Idolenz"​But postal orders are neither notes (more like cheques) nor legel tender.




Cheques don't have portraits of monarchs or Coats-of-Arms on them.

Postal orders look more like banknotes - & they are often printed by the same printers as for banknotes.

Postal orders have been legal tender as currency - in both the Orange Free State & the South African Republic during the Second Boer War (1899 - 1902), & in the U.K. during both World War I & World War II.

You can read more about postal orders here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_order .

Some countries issued neither banknotes nor coins - but still contributed to numismatics through issuing postal orders.


Aidan.

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