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6 Pence - George VI Postal Order
| Issuer | British Post Office |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Value | 6 Pence (1⁄40) |
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| Reverse description | Plain white reverse printed in black letterpress with five numbered regulatory clauses governing encashment, alteration, and crossing. A further advisory notice in block capitals appears at the foot regarding the recommendation to fill in the office of payment. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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British Postal Orders occupy an odd corner of notaphily — technically issued by the Post Office rather than a bank, they functioned as a low-value remittance instrument primarily used for mail-order transactions and pools coupons. The 6d denomination was the workhorse of the series throughout the postwar decades, handling the smallest transfers that a money order would have been overkill for.
George VI died in February 1952, so any postal order bearing his cypher issued in 1962 represents a decade-long lag in design updating — not unusual for Post Office stationery, which ran through existing stock and plates long after a monarch's death.