Promotional Postal Order

Promotional Postal Order

A Promotional postal order ( or PPO for short) is a special type of postal order that is issued in the United Kingdom by various companies in conjunction with the Royal Mail to promote their goods and services. These have been issued at various times since the 1970's.

List of companies known to have issued PPOs

*Cinzano
*Smash
*Nescafe
*Typhoo
*Reader's Digest
*Maxwell House
*Bounce
*Swan
*Brooke Bond Teas
*Persil
*Kleenex
*Cannon
*Post Marketing Surveillance Unit
*Berkeley
*Philips
*Boehringer
*Tango
*General Guarantee
*Fife Council (These are the only Scots postal orders.)
*Uplands
*Argos

References

Michael Brill "British Postal Orders, 1881-2005".

L.J. Clark "A Catalogue of British Postal Orders 1881-1991"

Howard Lunn "Illustrated History of Promotional Postal Orders"

Various issues of "Postal Order News"

ee also

* Postal Orders of the United Kingdom


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