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Postal Order - 50 Pence British Field Post Office
| Issuer | Post Office Corporation (Royal Mail), United Kingdom |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Printer | De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date) |
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| Reverse description | Plain green-tinted reverse printed entirely with conditions of use text under The Post Office Act 1969, divided into three panels: a main conditions column at left, a central column for name and address of purchaser, and an IMPORTANT notice panel at right for counterfoil enquiry details. The imprint P.O.C.L. appears at lower centre. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of Sir Rowland Hill repeated throughout the paper. |
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| Comments |
British Forces Postal Orders are a distinct instrument from civilian postal orders — they circulate within BFPO networks serving personnel overseas and cannot be cashed at ordinary UK post office counters. The 50p denomination would have been in active use during a period when British forces were deployed in both Iraq and Afghanistan, giving these notes a narrower and more specific circulation than their mundane face value suggests.
De La Rue's involvement is unsurprising; they have held the BFPO contract across multiple decades. The watermark is the primary security feature, a relatively light specification for an instrument with strict venue restrictions doing most of the anti-fraud work.