Consumer Studies Grade 11 Practice Exam

Postal orders are prepaid vouchers issued by the postal service to transfer money by mail. You buy one at a post office for a specific amount, then fill in the recipient’s name and send it along. The post office is the place to obtain them because it is the organization that issues and validates postal orders, ensuring security and a fixed value. They aren’t bought from internet payment processors, nor from an online bank vault, and they aren’t typically available at a grocery store checkout, since those places handle other types of payments.