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Postal Order - 6 Pence Sarawak
| Issuer | British Postal Order / Postmaster General |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Cheques |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries five numbered clauses of statutory regulations governing use of the order, printed in letterpress on plain paper. A bold italic advisory sentence at foot reads 'The sender is recommended to fill in the name of the Office of payment before parting with the Order, as a precaution in case the Order should be lost or stolen.' A circular Sarawak date-stamp is visible at right. |
| Reverse lettering | 1. If this Order be crossed like a cheque payment will only be made through a Bank. 2. Except when this Order is paid through a Bank the payee MUST SIGN THE RECEIPT on the face. 3. If any erasure or alteration be made, or if this Order be cut, defaced, or mutilated, payment may be refused. 4. This Order is not encashable unless presented within six calendar months from the last day of the month of issue. 5. In accordance with the Statutory Regulations relating to Postal Orders, when once this Order has been paid—to whomsoever it is paid—the Postmaster General will not be liable for any further claim in respect of this Order. The sender is recommended to fill in the name of the Office of payment before parting with the Order, as a precaution in case the Order should be lost or stolen. |
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Sarawak became a Crown Colony in 1946 after the last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke, ceded the territory to Britain — a transfer deeply contested within the Brooke family and in the Sarawak Council Negri. By 1962, the colony was in the final stretch before joining Malaysia in 1963, and British postal infrastructure was still running standard Crown Colony issue instruments through the territory. The sixpence denomination placed this firmly in the small domestic remittance range: market payments, minor debts, everyday transfers between family members in kampung communities.
De La Rue's postal order production for British colonial territories in this period used a standardized security paper with a straightforward laid watermark — functional rather than elaborate, given the low face value and high print volumes required across dozens of territories simultaneously.