George Chetwynd (post office)

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George Chetwynd was the Receiver and Accountant General of the Post Office. He conceived of the Postal Order in 1874[1] though it was January 1, 1881 before the first "post office notes" finally went on sale. Chetwynd's scheme was so successful that when the scheme started, around 1.5 million noted were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson but another million had to be printed by the end of 1881.[2]

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  1. ^ A Brief History of the Postal Order www.postoffice.co.uk (retrieved October 4, 2007)
  2. ^ Postal Innovations - 4 (retrieved October 4, 2007)
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