The Postal Order Society (Great Britain)
- The Postal Order Society (Great Britain)
The Postal Order Society is a numismatic and philatelic society which was established in 1985 by Howard Lunn, who became the first Chairman of the Society. The main aim of the Postal Order Society is to promote the study of Postal Orders, postal notes, and related items such as international reply coupons. The Society is a numismatics society, as some of the membership are banknote collectors (postal orders strongly resemble the design of banknotes). There have been four occasions when postal orders and postal notes were declared legal tender as currency. The Society is also a philatelic society, as some members are collectors of items such as international reply coupons and money orders.
The Postal Order Society is today administered by a Chairman, who is assisted by the Society's Committee. There are some Overseas Representatives, including one from New Zealand. They are also ex-officio members of the Committee. There were 87 members of the Society, from Great Britain and from other countries (as of November 2005).
There is a newsletter published four times a year, called "Postal Order News", which contains articles that have been submitted by members of the Society. Twice a year there is a postal auction of postal orders and related items which is open only to the members of the Society.
The Chairman in November 2005 was Tony Whitehead and the Secretary (and newsletter editor) was Mal Tedds.
See also
* British Field Post Office postal orders
* Postal Orders of Bophuthatswana
* Postal Orders of Great Britain
External links
[http://postalorders.informe.com/forum/ This is a link to the official website of the Postal Order Society]
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