Postal Note Identification Guide
The following brief descriptions will help you quickly identify any Postal Note issued during the 1883-1894 era. The name of the producing bank note company is always found at the bottom center of the note's front side.
- Type I: Engraved and printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Company; printed on yellow paper.
- Type II: Engraved and printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Company; printed on creamy white paper; the paying city is hand-written.
- Type II-A: Engraved and printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Company; rubber-stamped or hand-written "ANY MONEY ORDER OFFICE" appears on the paying office line.
- Type III: Engraved and printed by the Homer Lee Bank Note Company; "ANY MONEY ORDER OFFICE" engraved in straight line.
- Type IV: Engraved and printed by the American Bank Note Company.
- Type V: Printed by Dunlap & Clarke of Philadelphia.
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