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1 Shilling - Postal Order - Malacca
| Emittent | British Postal Order (Malacca) |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1953 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Rectangular |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Plain light ground carrying five numbered paragraphs of statutory regulations in letterpress, governing payment, endorsement, encashment period, and liability of the Postmaster General. A bold advisory legend at foot reminds the sender to fill in the name of the paying office as a precaution against loss or theft. The crowned GVIR cypher watermark is faintly visible throughout the paper. |
| Rückseitenlegende | 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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| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
Malacca in 1953 was in a transitional moment — still a British Settlement forming part of the Federation of Malaya, with the Emergency (the communist insurgency) actively disrupting rural commerce. Postal orders served a practical function in this environment, offering a traceable, low-value transfer instrument where banking infrastructure was thin or absent. The 1 Shilling denomination placed this firmly in the small personal remittance market.
British postal orders of this period were printed by Waterlow & Sons under standing GPO contracts, though specific Malacca-overprinted issues used adapted stock. The watermark is the primary anti-counterfeiting measure — no serial numbering system of the complexity found on banknotes proper.