Postal orders will be coming to http://www.worldnumismaticphotogallery.net !

In addition to banknotes,coins,community currencies,currency tokens,& medal-coins,both postal notes & postal orders are also going to be given catalogue listings up on http://www.worldnumismaticphotogallery.net/ once it comes online either later on this week or during the next week or so.

The website is in the process of being built by a fellow numismatist,who comes from India.

Postal order collecting has become popular with collectors,especially in England,so it is appropriate that they should finally get listed,considering that a postal order is most definitely a numismatic item,because of its strong resemblance to a banknote.

Aidan.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 24, 2010 at 2:07am

Dear Aidan,
This is one image of the FIRST series of Pakistan Postal Orders.It is a specimen. Note that fee is payable in annas
Rgds-YJQ

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 24, 2010 at 2:10am

Permalink Reply by Aidan Work on September 24, 2010 at 2:21am

Yahya,
That's a very nice 7 Rupees Specimen postal order that you have got there.

I don't know when this pre-decimal issue was introduced to replace the British Indian overprinted postal orders though.

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 24, 2010 at 2:26am

Dear Aidan,
We cannot yet assign a year to this issue, but a good guess would be late forties or at the most very early fifties.
Rgds-YJQ

Aidan Work said:

Yahya,
That's a very nice 7 Rupees Specimen postal order that you have got there.

I don't know when this pre-decimal issue was introduced to replace the British Indian overprinted postal orders though.

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Aidan Work on September 24, 2010 at 3:16am

Yahya,
This is a very good reason why you should join the Postal Order Society.

There was an article in the latest issue of 'Postal Order News' about Pakistani low denomination postal orders with their commissions increased up to 15 Rupees by way of a purple handstamp.

You can find more information here; http://postalordersociety.blogspot.com .

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 24, 2010 at 3:34am

Dear Aidan,
I have just sent an email to Postal order society, indicating that I wish to join.
Rgds-YJQ
P.S. Could you pls email me your mailing address again. I may mail you the current series of P/O from London

Aidan Work said:

Yahya,
This is a very good reason why you should join the Postal Order Society.

There was an article in the latest issue of 'Postal Order News' about Pakistani low denomination postal orders with their commissions increased up to 15 Rupees by way of a purple handstamp.

You can find more information here; http://postalordersociety.blogspot.com .

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 25, 2010 at 4:07am

Dear Aidan,
I am uploading an image of Type-2 Pakistan P/O, which has value in Bangla as well. We dont know how many denominations were issued of this type
Rgds-YJQ

Permalink Reply by Aidan Work on September 25, 2010 at 4:13am

Yahya,
That 10 Rupees one is pretty nice,even though I couldn't read the date or the place name in the datestamp.

Bengali was included,because of the postal orders being issued in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as well as West Pakistan (now Pakistan).

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 25, 2010 at 5:03am

Dear All, This is type-3 series of Pakistan P/Orders.These were issued after the country adopted Metric system in 1961. Denominations not known at this time.
Rgds-YJQ

Permalink Reply by Aidan Work on September 25, 2010 at 5:08am

Yahya,
If these are dated 1980,then they are very late issues.

Although Pakistan changed to decimal currency in 1961,it is the date of the datestamp that influences whether the postal order is a contemporary issue or a late issue.

Aidan.

Permalink Reply by Yahya J. QURESHI on September 25, 2010 at 5:22am

Dear All, This is type 4 of Pakistan Postal orders.Denominations known are Rs.1,2,5,10,15,20,30,40,50,100, and possibly Rs.25,250,500.Images of last three not available yet.Issue period not certain but guess is late eighties or early nineties.
Rgds-YJQ

Permalink Reply by Aidan Work on September 25, 2010 at 5:26am

Yahya,
That 10 Rupees one has a very clear Lahore datestamp & the date 24th. of May 1992.

Aidan.