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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF MEW YORK
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Circular No. 963 1
February 1, 1984
CHANGES IN U.S. POSTAL M ONEY ORDERS
To All Depository Institutions in the Second
Federal Reserve District, and Others Concerned:
We have been informed by the United States Postal Service that it is phasing in a new checksize money order. The check-size money order is being adopted to reduce the cost of producing and
processing money order forms. The old and new forms are the same length and conform to Ameri
can National Standard Institute check standards. The new form, however, has a routing number of
0000-0800-2, is only 2 3A inches wide, and has major graphic changes. Printed on the following
pages is an excerpt from the Postal Bulletin Notice describing the changes and illustrating the old
and new money order.
The old form of money orders continues to be valid and will be used until present supplies are
depleted.
Questions on this matter may be directed to the following persons:
At our Head Office
Janet L. Wynn, Assistant Vice President (Tel. No. 212-791-5997)
At our Cranford Office
Fred A. Denesevich, Regional Manager (Tel. No. 201-272-9000)
At our Jericho Office
Anthony N. Sagliano, Regional Manager (Tel. No. 516-997-4500)
At our Utica Office
Harry A. Curth, Regional Manager (Tel. No. 315-736-8321)
At our Buffalo Branch
David P. Schwarzmueller, Operations Officer (Tel. No. 716-849-5018)
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M . Solom on,
President.
POSTAL BULLETIN
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J^©§^IY ORDERS
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@o Tw o USPS seals in yellow form th e background in the area w here the dollars and cents value o f the
m oney o rd e r will be im printed. This will m ake any efforts to raise m oney o rd e r am ounts m ore obvious.
feo T h e Pay To and From sections are arran g e d side-by-side an d separated by the USPS seal because o f
space limitations.
a, T h e Not Valid I f Over Five Hundred Dollars Maximum Value is deleted from the front and stated with
em phasis on the back.
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foo T h e new ink color used for printing the statem ents on the back fades when the back o f the m oney
o rd e r as m icrofilm ed, m aking bank en d orsem ent stam ps m ore legible.
e= Maximum Value Five Hundred Dollars is p rinted on the back o f the check-size form .
<3° T h e paragraph Ownership . . . etc. is relocated beneath the Warning— Cashier paragraph. This leaves
the endorsem ent signature in the sam e area.
Go Part o f the Warning— Cashier paragraph is underlined for em phasis. H olding the m oney o rd er to the
light to exam ine the dollar am ount area is very effective in detecting erasures o n a m oney o rder.
MAXIMUM VALUE
FIVE HUNDAED DOLLAiS
PAY TO
O W N E R S H IP O F TH IS M O N E Y O R D E R M A Y BE T R A N S
FERRED TO O N E O TH ER P A R T Y O N L Y . TO DO TH IS.
D E SIG N A TE TH E PA RTY IN THE P A Y TO SP A C E A N D
E N D O R SE . BA N K S T A M P S ARE
NOT REGARD ED A S
E N D O R SE M E N T S.
ENDORSEMENT SIGNATURE
‘WARNING - CASHIER: Require positive Identifi
cation. Hold money order to light and examine
dollar amount area to assure it 8§ not lighter
than rest of form. Do not cash money order If
there a?© signs of erasure or other alterations."
P A Y TO
E N D O R S E M E N T SIG N A TU R E
ton@rshlp of this money ®rd®r may to transferred
to ©n® other party only. To do this, designate the
party In the pay to space and endorse. Bank stamps
are not regarded as endorsements.
"WARNING * CASHIER: Require positive Identification.
Hold money order to light ©nd ©xamine dollar amount
©res to assure It is not lighter than rest of form. Do
not cash money order If there are signs of ©rasure or
other alterations."
Foreign hanks and post offices may not be
reimbursed by the United States unless their
country has an agreement to transact domesticinternational money order business with the United
States. An International money order service is
available.
FOREIGN BANKS AND POST OFFICES MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED
BY THE UNITED STATES UNLESS THEIR COUNTRY HAS AN AGREE
MENT TO TRANSACT DOMESTIC-INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER
BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES. AN INTERNATIONAL MONEY
ORDER SERVICE IS AVAILABLE.
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