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2 Ringgit - Postal Order - Sarawak
| Issuer | Pos Malaysia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | WANG POS MALAYSIA MALAYSIA POSTAL ORDER DUA RINGGIT RM2 Bayar kepada/Pay to Sebanyak/The sum of di mana-mana Pejabat Pos dalam tempoh TIGA BULAN mulai dari tarikh akhir bulan dikeluarkan. at any Post Office within THREE MONTHS from the last day of the month of issue. Tandatanghan Penerima/Payee's Signature No. Kad Pengenalan/Identity Card Number Tidak dibenarkan melekatkan setem untuk tambah amaun Stamps are not allowed to be affixed for additional amount TIDAK BOLEH NIAGA B00902548 7 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries bilingual regulations in Malay and English printed in black on plain white stock. Five numbered clauses set out the conditions of use, covering remitter's particulars, payee identification requirements, validity of the order within three months from the last day of the month of issue, and the one-year enquiry period. |
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Pos Malaysia postal orders occupy an odd corner of notaphily — technically not banknotes but frequently collected alongside them. This 2 Ringgit example dates from the year Sarawak postal services were operating under the unified Pos Malaysia structure, following the corporatisation of the department in 1992. Sarawak's geographic separation from Peninsular Malaysia meant regional postal orders had distinct distribution patterns and often saw heavier use for remittances between rural communities and urban centers across the South China Sea.
Postal orders of this denomination and period are frequently found with heavy cancellation stamps, sometimes multiple, making clean uncancelled examples genuinely harder to source than their modest face value implies.