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Bank notes. They should be cut in half to prevent robberies

General Post-Office, February 9, 1782
Raguin Code: NEWS –8206

To PREVENT MAIL ROBBERIES.

IT is recommended to all Persons, at present uninformed, who may have occasion to send BANK NOTES by the Post, to cut them in Two Parts, according to the following Specimen where it is marked with a black Line, and send them by different Posts; first writing the Name, Date, and Year at one End of the Note, and the Letter and Number at the other End; by this Means each Part will contain a sufficient Specification of the Whole, and prevent any kind of Difficulty in the Payment of it at the Bank of England to the right Owner, in case of the Loss of the other Part.

ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.