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2 Ringgit - Postal Order - Sabah
| Issuer | Pos Malaysia Berhad |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Ringgit (1967-date) |
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| Reverse description | Plain white reverse printed in black letterpress with five numbered bilingual regulatory clauses in Malay and English under the heading MAKLUMAT PENGIRIM / REMITTER'S PARTICULARS. Fields are provided for the remitter's name, identity card number, address, purpose of sending, and account number. |
| Reverse lettering | MAKLUMAT PENGIRIM REMITTER'S INFORMATION Nama / Name No. K.P. / I.C. No. Alamat / Address Tujuan kiriman / Purpose of sending No. Akaun (jika ada) / Account No. (if any) |
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Postal orders issued by Pos Malaysia for use in Sabah occupy an odd corner of notaphily — technically not banknotes, not stamps, yet collected by both camps. Sabah's geographic separation from Peninsular Malaysia meant that postal orders served as a practical remittance tool for rural communities with limited banking access well into the 2000s, particularly in interior districts where branch banking was sparse.
Pos Malaysia Berhad took over postal services from the Jabatan Pos Malaysia in 1992 following corporatization, making this a commercial instrument rather than a government one — a distinction that occasionally confuses cataloguers.