$0.01 to $10.. $10.01 to $50.$50.01 to $100.

(3) Paying for money orders. Money orders must be paid for in American money. Coins are legal tender in any amounts. Postmasters may accept, at their own risk, from a person whose endorsement is acceptable, a Federal Government check in payment for a money order.

(c) Putting amount, dating stamp, and initials on money orders-(1) Amount. The employee who issues the money order shall enter the amount, as follows:

(i) Machine issuance. (a) Printpunch the amount requested by the purchaser in the order and both stubs in the manner described in the Operators Manual, copy of which was packed with each machine.

(b) Enter control stamp for the same or next higher amount after the words "Note Valid For More Than".

(c) The illustration also shows the proper manner of issuing order for payment in Canada. (The rate of exchange use in the illustration is hypothetical.)

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(ii) Manual issuance.

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(c) Manual issuance of money orders must be kept to the minimum. Inoperable machines must be replaced as quickly as possible as provided in the Operators Manual.

(2) Dating stamp and initials. The employee who issues the money order shall put the all-purpose dating stamp (item 570) and his initials, in ink, in the spaces provided on form.

(d) Completion of money order by purchaser. After receiving cash for the order and fee, the postal clerk shall remove the post office record stub, partially detach purchaser's receipt stub, give the order and receipt to patron, and remind him of necessity to complete information on the order. The purchaser must fill in the following information on the money order:

(1) Name of payee and name and address of purchaser. The patron must fill in his name and address as purchaser and the name of the person to whom it is to be paid. He should do this promptly to protect his rights in the event the order is lost. Money orders may be payable:

(i) To purchaser, if desired.

(ii) To only one firm or person, by complete name. Don't put the name "Smith" for an individual. But "Smiths" may be used if it is the name of a company or firm.

(iii) To payee (the person to whom payable) by his official title. For example: Cashier, First National Bank; Superintendent of Insurance, New York State; Director of Internal Revenue, Baltimore.

(iv) To a person who has adopted a name in a religious order, such as Sister Theresa, or Brother Joseph.

(2) Identifying data. The purchaser should add his insurance policy number or other identification data to insure proper credit. Designate government agencies directly, as: Director of Internal Revenue; Superintendent of Documents; Veterans Administration.

(e) Issuance to rural patrons—(1) Application form. Rural patrons must obtain an application from the carrier. The purchaser will be given a numbered receipt when he returns the completed application form with the money. If the carrier cannot give the correct change in payment, he will meet the purchaser on his next trip. Money must never be deposited in a rural box. When carriers do find money in a box with a completed application, Form 6001, "Application for domestic money order", they will take it

to their post office for issue of the money order. Carriers will deliver the money orders with receipts attached, to patrons on their next regular trip. The postmaster shall keep applications in a separate file, in money order number sequence.

(2) Requesting the mailing of order to puyee. If the purchaser wants the money order mailed to the payee the carrier will do so if he is furnished a stamped addressed envelope. No extra charge is made for this service.

(3) Form 6387 for rural carriers. Postmasters will furnish rural carriers Form 6387, "Receipt of Carrier to Purchaser and Certificate of Postmaster for Issue of Money Order", for the purpose of transacting money order business. These transactions shall be conducted in accordance with instructions on the back of the book cover of Form 6387.

(f) Issuance to star route patrons. If required to do so by the contract, star route carriers will accept money and applications for money orders and give receipts on Form 1096, Cash Receipt, for the money. Except when an intermediate office is involved, the application and money shall be turned in for issuance of the money order at the post office at which the carrier begins and ends his trips. Wherever possible, without delay to the issuance of the money order or to the proper dispatch of mail, the carrier will submit the money order application and money to the intermediate office for issuance. When the money order will not be issued before the carrier leaves the post office, he shall be given a receipt on Form 1096 for the funds turned in. In all other respects, money order procedures for star route carriers are the same as provided in paragraph (e) in this section.

(g) Spoiled or lost money orders-(1) Spoiled when being issued. (1) The purchaser must make sure that the money order received agrees with the amount requested. When a money order is returned after it has been issued and made a matter of record, a new one will be issued. If the post office was at fault, no fee will be charged for the new one. Should the purchaser spoil an order in completing it, no charge will be made for a new one if the purchaser returns it to the post office on the same day it was issued. The purchaser's receipt for all spoiled orders must be recovered.

(ii) Disposition of spoiled orders. Postal employees shall treat money order forms that are defective by misprint or

mutilation or spoiled when being issued as follows:

(a) Stamp or write boldly "NOT ISSUED" across the amount block on the order. Detach and destroy purchaser's receipt. First- and second-class officers must submit these money orders with Form 6125-A, Money Order Group Report; or Form 6126, Statement of Accountability Money Order Business. Third- and fourth-class offices must enter "NOT ISSUED" opposite the serial number on Form 1846, Quarterly List of Money Orders Issued, or Form 1846-A, Report of Money Orders Issued, and submit the spoiled orders with the form. Spoiled-not issued money orders are processed though accounting machines and should not be pinned, stapled or have other matter attached thereto.

(b) Stamp or write "NOT ISSUED" across the amount block of the post office record (money order stub).

(2) Orders lost, mutilated, or void by endorsements—(i) Application for duplicate order. (a) The Post Office Department will replace without charge a money order (1) that is lost provided it was completed by the purchaser to show his name and address and the name of the intended payee, (2) a mutilated order, or (3) one void by too many endorsements. The owner-purchaser, payee, or endorsee should make application for a duplicate, using Form 6401, Inquiry as to Payment of a Money Order. If a money order lost before completion by purchaser is cashed the circumstances should be reported to the postal inspector in charge.

(b) Patrons must wait 60 days after date of issue of original money order before filing Form 6401, Inquiry as to Payment of Money Order, when an order has been lost. Form 1510 should, however, be initiated and processed immediately if loss is believed to have occurred in the mail.

(c) Application for a duplicate of a multilated order or an order void by too many endorsements, on Form 6401, may be filled at any time if the order is attached.

(d) If the purchaser's receipt is presented, the post office shall endorse it "Form 6401 (date)" and return it to the applicant. The postmaster shall not keep any record of the filing of the form. Reply will be made directly to the inquirer.

(ii) Issuance of duplicate order. (a) A duplicate money order will be issued in

accordance with the wishes of the purchaser-applicant without the consent of the payee or endorsee.

(b) The post office shall send the mutilated or void order to the Money Order Audit Division where duplicates are issued. A duplicate money order will be issued if the original order is not in the paid files at the Money Order Audit Division; it will show the serial number of the original order and the amount as entered on Form 6401. When a record of the amount of the original order is not available at the Money Order Audit Division, the Money Order Audit Division will issue the duplicate based on information shown on Form 6401 and will send the order to the post office of issue of the original order for verification. In such cases, Form 787, "Duplicate Money Order Transmittal Letter", accompanies the duplicate money order; it describes the verification required and the disposition of the order. The employee performing the verification will initial the duplicate if both the serial number and the amount are in agreement with the post office record (stub).

(iii) Orders recovered after duplicate issued. When a duplicate order has been issued, the postal employee shall write "Canceled-Duplicate Issued" on the original order and send it to the Money Order Audit Division. If the employee does not know whether a duplicate was actually issued, he shall send the recovered order with Form 6401, “Inquiry as to Payment of Money Order."

(iv) Payment of duplicate orders. A duplicate money order is payable only to the payee named thereon or to his endorsee.

[26 F.R. 11596, Dec. 6, 1961, as amended at 27 F.R. 224, Jan. 9, 1962, 27 F.R. 4836, May 23, 1962, 28 F.R. 6645, June 27, 1963, 28 F.R. 7833, Aug. 1, 1963, 28 F.R. 10518, Oct. 1, 1963, 29 F.R. 286, Jan. 11, 1964, 30 F.R. 11719, Sept. 14, 1965]

(b) Application. (1) For all countries and localities listed in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this section the international money order form is used and application must be made on Form 6701. In some cases, the order is written in foreign currency. In most cases, the amount is written in United States dollars and converted into foreign currency in the country where payable.

(2) Purchasers must complete Form 6083, Supplemental International Money Order Advice, written in the foreign language, if possible, when they send money orders payable in Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Yugoslavia, and Japan.

(3) When the international money order form is used, purchasers will be given a receipt. The postmaster will arrange for sending the order abroad, as prescribed in paragraph (d) (2) (iii) of this section.

(4) Purchasers must state the following details in their application regarding the payee: Full name, exact address, name of city, town, or village: name of the canton, department, or district as the case may be. If payee is a woman, state whether single, married, or widowed.

(c) Issuance of domestic international money orders. For countries listed in paragraph (g) of this section the domestic money order form is used and there is no application.

(d) Preparation of orders-(1) When domestic form is used. Postal employees shall handle in the same manner as for domestic orders. For Canada, the amount on the order must be expressed in both U.S. and Canadian money. Consult the current conversion table. Put the amount received in U.S. money in the “figure" block and write "U.S." before it. Write the Canadian amount under the figure blocks and put "Canadian" before it.

(2) When international form is used. Postal employees shall complete the transaction the same way as for a domestic money order, with these exceptions:

(i) Print all particulars of the application on the order, including office of payment, if known.

(ii) Enter amount in U.S. money. If patron requests foreign equivalent of an order payable in one of the following countries, consult Form 6749a, Conversion Tables for Use in International Money Order Business, and enter that amount also: British Guiana, Great Brit

ain and Northern Ireland, Ireland, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunis.

(iii) Give receipt to patron, and send order to the proper U.S. exchange office by ordinary mail. When necessary, also attach any required foreign language advices, Form 6093, Supplemental International Money Order Advice. (See paragraph (b) (2) of this section.)

(iv) If the patron wishes expedited service, he may purchase an air mail stamp for affixing to the envelope transmitting the order to the exchange office. (e) Refunds. The amounts of orders sent on the international form may not be repaid here until authorized by the foreign postal department. Form 6759, Application for Authority for Repayment of International Money Orders, shall be sent to the proper U.S. exchange office when purchaser requests repayment on U.S. issued orders.

(f) Lost reissued orders. The postmaster shall report the facts concerning lost reissued orders (an order certified to the United States by a foreign country and reissued in the United States) to the proper U.S. exchange office.

(g) Countries where service is available on domestic basis.

Country and Address Antigua; Administrator, St. Johns, Antigua. Bahamas; Postmaster, Nassau, Bahamas. Barbados; Postmaster General, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Bermuda; Colonial Postmaster, Hamilton, Bermuda.

General,

British Honduras; Postmaster
Belize, British Honduras.
British Virgin Islands; Administrator, Tor-
tola, British Virgin Islands.

Canada; Deputy Postmaster General, Financial Branch, Money Order Division, Ottawa 8, Ontario, Canada.

Canal Zone; Director of Posts, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone.

Dominica; Colonial Postmaster, Dominica, West Indies.

Grenada; Colonial Postmaster, Grenada, West Indies.

Jamaica; Postmaster General, Kingston, Jamaica.

Montserrat; Administrator, Montserrat, West Indies.

Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla; Administrator, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, West Indies. Saint Lucia; Postmaster General, Saint Lucia, West Indies.

Saint Vincent; Colonial Postmaster, Saint Vincent, West Indies.

Trinidad and Tobago; Postmaster General, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.