Section III: REMITTANCE SERVICES
The remittance services of the Post Office provide a convenient means of transmitting sums of money by post.
The services embrace two types of remittance; the postal order, which is available in certain fixed values, and the money order, which can be drawn for any sum up to the authorized maximum.
Money orders may be transmitted by telegraph,
SCOPE OF SERVICE
POSTAL ORDERS
Postal orders may be purchased at, and are payable at, all post offices in the Colony.
British postal orders are issued and paid in most countries within the British Common- wealth and in certain other countries. The countries concerned are indicated by the letters PO in the third column of the table in this section, which gives the special conditions affecting the various countries.
They are also paid at all post offices in the Irish Republic.
Payment is made in the currency of the country of payment at the equivalent value of the British currency.
Under Exchange Control Regulations postal orders may not be sent to any place outside the Scheduled Territories (formerly known as the sterling area) except to members of H.M. Forces as indicated in the following paragraph.
H.M. Forces, H.M. and Merchant Ships. Postal orders may be sent under the same general conditions as to civilians, to all persons serving in H.M. Forces overseas and in Royal Naval shore establishments. If the persons are serving outside the Scheduled Territories the remittances are subject to a limit of £2 on any one day.
Postal orders may be sent without restriction to persons in H.M. Ships in foreign waters, but may not be sent to members of the Merchant Navy if their ships are in foreign waters.
Scheduled Territories. The Scheduled Territories comprise the British Common- wealth (except Canada), British Trust Territories, British Protectorates and Protected States of Libya, Burma, Iceland, Jordan, the Irish Republic; and the United Kingdom.
VALUE AND POUNDAGE
Face value 6d, 1/-, 1/6, 2/-. 2/6, 3/-, 4/~, 5/-, 10/-, 15/-, £1. Selling price 70c. $1.10, $1.60, $2.00, $2.40, $2.80, $3.60, $4.40, $8.40, $12.40, $16.40,
£5.
Face value 21/-, £2, £3,
£4,
Selling price $17.20, $32.80, $49.00, $65.20, $81.50.
POSTAGE STAMPS IN EXTENSION OF VALUE
The value of a postal order may be increased by affixing current Hong Kong postage stamps not exceeding two in number as follows: (1) Up to the value of 35c. to orders of denominations up to and including 4s. (2) Up to the value of 75c. to orders of denominations above 4s. No payment can, however, be made for stamps not affixed in the spaces provided. Stamps cut out of envelopes, postcards and so perforated with initials or marks cannot be used on postal orders.
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