(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 filed 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, provided that records indicate that payment has not been made. However, the purchaser has no claim on C.O.D. orders.

(b) A mutilated or void order will be sent by the post office to the Money Order Division with a properly completed Form 6401.

(c) If the amount of the money order is not of record, the Money Order Division will forward the duplicate, as well as Forms 6401 and 787, to the post office of issuance of the original order. Form 787 describes the verification required; also the disposition to be made of the replacement order and Form 6401. The employee performing the verification will initial the duplicate, if both the serial number and the amount agree with the post office record (stub). The duplicate money order will then be forwarded to the payee.

(d) If the amount of the money order is of record, the Money Order Division will forward the duplicate to the payee named on Form 6401. Form 6401 will be returned to the applicant.

(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 Division. If the postal 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."

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(iv) Payment of duplicate orders. 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; 31 F.R. 3120, Feb. 25, 1966; 31 F.R. 4207, Mar. 10, 1966; 31 F.R. 8237, June 11, 1966; 32 F.R. 6491, Apr. 27, 1967. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

controller. International money orders will be issued to addressees in those countries that have agreed with the United States to conduct such business.

(2) Application. (i) For all countries and localities listed in subparagraphs (8) and (9) of this paragraph, the international money order form is used and application must be made on Form 6701; for Mexico an optional application (Form 6701-A), is provided. In some cases, the order is written in foreign currency. In most cases, the amount is written in U.S. dollars and converted into foreign currency in the country where payable.

(ii) 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.

(iii) 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 subparagraph (4) (ii) (c) of this paragraph.

(iv) 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 the payee is a woman, state whether single, married, or widowed.

(3) Domestic international money orders. For countries listed in subparagraph (7) of this paragraph the domestic money order form is used and there is no application.

(4) Preparation of orders-(i) 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 United States and Canadian money. Consult the current conversion table. Put the amount received in U.S. money in the figure block. Write the Canadian amount under the figure blocks and put Canadian before it.

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

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

(b) Enter amount in U.S. money. If patron requests foreign equivalent of an order payable in one of the following countries, see paragraph (b) of this section, Conversion tables, and enter that amount also: Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guyana, Ireland, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunis.

(c) Give receipt to patron, and send order to the International Money Order Branch, Post Office Department, General Accounting Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20260, by ordinary mail. When necessary, also attach any required foreign language advice, Form 6083, Supplemental International Money Order Advice. (See subparagraph (2) (ii) of this paragraph.)

(d) If the patron wishes expedited service, he may purchase an airmail stamp for affixing to the envelope transmitting the order to the International Money Order Branch, Post Office Department, General Accounting Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20260. The money order will be included by that office with others for the same country, and no stamp need be furnished for its transmission overseas by airmail.

(5) Refunds. The amounts of orders sent on the international form may not be repaid until authorized by the foreign postal administration. Form 6684, Inquiry Concerning International Money Order Issued in the United States, shall be verified with the particulars on the application (Form 6701 or Form 6701-A) at the issuing post office, and sent to the International Money Order Branch, Post Office Department, General Accounting Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20260, when purchaser requests repayment on U.S. issued orders.

(6) 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 International Money Order Branch, Post Office Department, General Accounting Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20260.

(7) Countries where service is available on domestic basis.1

1 See subparagraph (3) of this paragraph and § 171.4(b) (iii) of this chapter.

Country

Antigua

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

British Honduras.

British Virgin Islands.

Canada (see 171.214a).

Canal Zone

Dominica

Grenada

Jamaica

Montserrat

Saint Kitts-Nevis

Anguilla.

Saint Lucia_____

Saint Vincent____.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Address

Administrator,

St. Johns, Antigua. Postmaster,

Nassau, Bahamas. Postmaster General, Bridgetown, Barbados. Colonial Postmaster,

Hamilton, Bermuda.
Postmaster General,
Belize, British
Honduras.
Administrator,
Tortola, British
Virgin Islands.
Deputy Postmaster
General, Financial
Branch, Money
Order Division,

Ottawa 8, Ontario,
Canada.

Director of Posts,

Balboa Heights, C.Z. Colonial Postmaster, Dominica,

West Indies.

Colonial Postmaster,
Grenada,

West Indies.
Postmaster General,
Kingston, Jamaica.
Administrator,
Montserrat,
West Indies.
Administrator,
St. Kitts-Nevis-
Anguilla,
West Indies.
Postmaster General,
Saint Lucia,
West Indies.
Colonial Postmaster,
Saint Vincent,
West Indies.
Postmaster General,
Port of Spain,
Trinidad,
West Indies.

1 Money order service is in effect with the American, British, and French zones of Germany and the western sector of Berlin only. 2 Money orders to be accompanied by Form 6083, Supplemental International Money Order Advice. (See subparagraph (4) (ii) (c) of this paragraph.)

Basutoland (see Lesotho)

See footnotes at end of table.

(9) Countries where service is available on indirect exchange basis. (Orders are paid in the designated country through an intermediary country which reserves the right to deduct a fee for the service.)

Basis: Through intermediary of— Great Britain.

Greece.

New Zealand.
France.

Great Britain.
France.

Great Britain.

Do.

Do. South Africa,

Republic.