POSTAL MONEY ORDERS 19. Postal money orders may be obtained at or paid at 35,000 money-order offices in the United States, and may be drawn on post offices in forty-eight foreign countries. This system provides an absolutely safe and convenient means of transmitting money. On payment of the sum to be sent, and a small fee, to the postmaster of a money-order office, a money order can be drawn for any desired amount not exceeding $100, payable at any money-order office in the United States designated by the applicant. When a larger sum than $100 is to be sent, additional orders may be obtained. For example, to send a sum of $275.60 it would be necessary to get three money orders for the following amounts: $100, $100, and $75.60. International money orders may be obtained at all of the larger post offices and at many of the smaller ones. 20. Identification.-The person who presents an order for payment must be prepared to prove his identity. In case of payment to the wrong person, the Department will see that the amount is made good to the owner, provided that the wrong payment was not brought about through fault on the part of the remitter, payee, or indorsee. A money order may be paid on a written order or power of attorney from the payee, as well as on his own indorsement. More than one indorsement on a money order is prohibited by law. The stamp impressions placed on the back of orders by banks are not regarded as indorsements. 21. Invalid Orders.-An order that has not been paid or repaid within 1 year from the last day of the month of its issue is invalid and not payable. The owner, however, may obtain payment of the amount thereof by making application through the postmaster at any money-order office, or to the Post-Office Department at Washington, District of Columbia, for a warrant for the amount of the order. Name of Signature of James F. Smith POSTMASTER THE MONEY ORDER ISSUED AT ABOVE NAMED OFFICE AND BEARING CORRESPONDING NUMBER AND DATE, 10 17 OF ISSUE IF NECESSARY TO MAKE DATED STAMP (n) FIG. 2 (T) 22. Lost Orders.-In all cases of lost orders, the remitter, payee, or indorsee may make application for a duplicate through either the office at which the original order was issued or the office on which it was drawn. No charge is made for issuing a duplicate. MONEY-ORDER RATES DOMESTIC ORDERS Sums not exceeding $2.50.... Sums not exceeding $10...... CENTS 3 10 12 18 20 25 30 CENTS 10 20 30 40 50 60 80 90 $1 23. Money-Order Books. -Money-order books are furnished to all post offices issuing postal money orders. These books contain a blank postal money order and stub, on one page and an advice card and purchaser's receipt on the next page. In Fig. 1 is shown a specimen of the postal money order and the stub, and in Fig. 2 is shown a specimen of the advice card and purchaser's receipt. The postal money order and stub are printed on a blue tinted paper and the advice card and purchaser's receipt are printed on white paper. The money order, stub, advice card, and purchaser's receipt. are numbered alike, the figures being printed in red ink. 24. How to Make Out a Money Order.-First, place a piece of carbon paper, the size of the page in the money-order book, between the blue and white pages with the carbon side next to the white page. Then write, with ink, in the space marked a, the date; in the space marked b, the name of the post office at which the money is to be paid; in the space marked c, the amount of the order, writing words for dollars and figures for cents; in the space marked d, the name of the person to whom the money is to be paid; in the space marked e, the signature of the postmaster at the issuing office; in the space marked f, the name of the person paying for the order; in the space marked g, the amount of the order in figures; and in the spaces marked h, stamp the date of issue with the date stamp of the issuing office. Remove the carbon paper and place it between the next blue and white pages in the book. Then detach the money order from the stub with the metal cutter, so that the marginal figure or figures remaining on the order will be the same amount or the amount next higher than the amount written in the body of the order. For example, for $1 or less, you should cut just below 1; for $3, cut just below 5; if for $11, cut just below 15. On the white sheet below the order will appear the same written words, as on the money order and stub, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Detach the purchaser's receipt from the advice card at the dotted lines j k and give it to the purchaser. Then detach the advice card from the stub at the dotted line m n and forward it to the postmaster of the post office on which the order is drawn. REGISTERED MAIL 25. Registered mails reach every post office in the world. The system insures safe transit and correct delivery. Registered matter is handled under special conditions and by bonded employes, and such matter is the object of extraordinary care from the moment it is registered. A complete chain of records and receipts from the point of mailing to the point of delivery enables the accurate tracing of every piece of registered mail. |