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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 57909, member: 1824&quot;]JBK,all British postal orders that were printed prior to 1923 were printed at the Bank of England&#039;s printing works.They were declared legal tender during both World War I &amp; World War II to save on both labour &amp; paper.This means that they were able to be used as banknotes.Great Britain was not the first country to declare postal orders to be legal tender.That honour fell to the Orange Free State &amp; the South African Republic,which put them into circulation as banknotes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another reason why I classify postal orders to be numismatic items,is the very strong resemblence to banknotes.I have got nearly 200 postal orders (also called &#039;postal notes&#039; in some countries) from a range of British Commonwealth countries,especially those in Africa.Some countries never issued either coins or notes,but issued postal orders.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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