I know i seem thick. but can somebody tell me what a POSTAL MONEY ORDER is please?

I money order purchased at the post office. You give them cash...they give you a money order (kind of like a check). It is much more secure than sending cash. If your money order is lost, it can be replaced!

Same as any other except you can get it and cash it, at the post office. Assuming there are reasonable stable folk there who didn't bring an assault rifle for Show and Tell.

Its when you have cash and need to have it a verifiable form such as a money order. There are several places that do money orders. A postal money order is when you go to the post office and get one from them.

A postal money order is a check that has guarenteed funds available to against it. You would go to the post office, tell them who its for and how much you want it for. Then you would pay them the amount of the check (plus any fees) and send the check to whom you need to send it to.

It is a check issued by the US postal service. You need to take the money you wish converted to a check to your nearest post office and just ask for a postal money order. Give them the money, you get the check. There is a small fee for the service, check on the US Postal service web site for specifics.

Postal Money Orders are a safe, convenient, and economical way to send money through the mail. They can be purchased from any Postal Office, and most financial institutions (Banks).

Its not a "thick" question at all. Postal money orders are just exactly that though. They're money orders you get from the US Postal Service when you wish to send money through the mail. Since you're always being told "do not send cash" this is the most viable alternative. When you wish to send money--to Manilla, Moscow, or anywhere in the world, including to your neighbor three streets away--rather than send cash which can get lost or stolen with no proof that you ever sent it, you send a money order that you purchase at the Post Office. You give them the amount you wish to send, in cash, plus any fees that you will have to pay, and they cut a money order, much like a check, and you send that. The money order can be cashed at any financial institution or post office, I believe. I've cashed postal money orders at banks and at currency exchanges but I am fairly sure that you can cash them at post offices too...but post offices don't normally make a habit of holding large sums of money.

A postal money order is one that is purchased at a United States Post Office. Go to any United States Postal Service Post Office and tell them you want to buy a money order. They'll take care of the rest (cash only)

A money order purchased through the post office (any post office in the states).