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Postal Order - 50 Ringgit Labuan
| Issuer | Pos Malaysia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed on light teal stock, divided into five numbered bilingual sections in Malay and English under the heading MAKLUMAT PENGIRIM / REMITTER'S PARTICULARS, providing fields for name, identity card number, address, purpose of sending, and account number. Conditions of use governing validity, refusal of altered orders, and enquiry periods are set out in letterpress. |
| Reverse lettering | MAKLUMAT PENGIRIM REMITTER'S PARTICULARS 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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Labuan's designation as a Federal Territory in 1984 and its subsequent development as an offshore financial centre created unusual demand for postal money instruments denominated specifically for that jurisdiction. This 50 Ringgit postal order, issued under Pos Malaysia rather than Bank Negara, sits outside the conventional banknote series entirely — it is a remittance instrument, not legal tender, redeemable through the postal network rather than the banking system.
The Labuan designation on a postal order of this value is uncommon enough that surviving examples rarely appear in trade, partly because high-denomination postal orders were typically cashed promptly and the stubs discarded.