Postal orders, which were first invented back in 1881, are being taken out of action in Jersey on Wednesday 3 October.

From that date, Jersey Post say they will no longer accept postal orders as a form of payment, as the UK Post Office will be stopping the service to all Crown Dependencies later this year due to them being used very little.

Postal orders will be available to purchase from post offices up until 2 October 2018 for use as payment in the United Kingdom, but customers wishing to cash a postal order should do so at any island post office in advance of the deadline.

Neil Harrison, Head of Retail Operations at Jersey Post, commented: “We are very sorry that we will no longer be able to offer a postal order service locally from October this year.

“Unfortunately, the UK Post Office has confirmed that the service will be removed from post offices across all Crown Dependencies later this year.”