page_title: Postal orders of Ireland
section_title: 1st issue of decimal postal orders
hierarchical_section_title: Postal orders of Ireland / 1st issue of decimal postal orders
caption_attribution_description: English: 1st decimal issue Irish Postal Order used in 1980 - inscribed both 4 1/2 pence (pre-decimal but crossed out) and 15p (decimal equivalent) denomination
context_page_description: Postal orders were issued in Ireland from 1881 until they were discontinued in late 2001 just before the change over to the euro. The current alternative is the An Post Postal Money Order which serves an equivalent purpose.
context_section_description: Because Ireland decimalised the currency from the old currency of £.s.d. to the new currency of £.p. on the same day as in Great Britain (15 February 1971), a new issue of postal orders was necessary. The harp design of the pre-decimal issue was retained, but the values were expressed in £.p.
  However, when Ireland joined the European Monetary System from 13 March 1979 it was no longer possible to cash Irish postal orders in the United Kingdom and visa-versa as had been the case, because the currencies were no longer at parity and the British post office did not do currency work.
caption: 1980 use of postal order 1st decimal issue denominated 15p (decimal currency at right) but the poundage of 4 1/2 pence (pre-decimal currency at left) has been excised.
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