Slovenska PoA!ta, the country's main postal services operator, increased the prices for all domestic letters and
postal orders, explaining that the previous fees did not reflect the real costs.
SHOCK: Pauline Schmidt with the Christmas card and
postal order returned undelivered after 16 years.
A pounds 1
postal order or pounds 100
postal order costs the same to print - why charge 12.5p for every pounds 1?G Evans Caerau, Cardiff* I AM 83 and have recently returned home from the University Hospital of Wales after a three-week stay recovering from a broken leg.
The first
postal order was bought by Arthur Bull on January 1, 1881.
Mark Spackman, prosecuting, said when members of the public paid for driving licence fees with
postal orders, Baumber would take them and fill his own name in as the payee if they were blank.
"Make sure, if you get payment in
postal order form, it not only clears but gives the bank time to come back with a forgery check."
Imagine my misery when the lady took the
postal order as payment for a cup and saucer I'd recently broken!
Make your cheque or
postal order payable to 'Glasgow and District Burns Association'.
HOW TO CLAIM: To order your free flipflops and sunglasses by post simply complete and send the order form below, along with a cheque or
postal order (made payable to MGN Ltd) for PS3 to cover postage to: The Sunday People flip-flop and sunglasses offer, PO Box 1196, Cheltenham, GL50 9UQ.
Post: Complete the coupon below and send a cheque or
postal order for the correct amount (made payable to 'Free Winter warmer set offer') to: Free Winter Warmer set Offer, PO Box 142, Horsham, RH13 5FJ.
POST: Complete the coupon on the right and send a cheque or
postal order for the correct amount (made payable to 'Free Winter warmer set offer') to: Free Winter Warmer Set Offer, PO Box 142, Horsham, RH13 5FJ.
The Post Office re-launched the
postal order yesterday, 125 years after the product was first introduced.