Postal savings

Postal savings was a system where post office customers could deposit (usually) small amounts into a savings account. This was ideal for those who could not afford to deal with commercial banks or where one was not located nearby. Stamps were used to receipt deposits in a small cardboard folder or booklet. Those stamps could be special designs for postal savings but also could be overprinted postage stamps for the purpose.  File:China postal savings ABC.jpg|China stamp overprinted for postal savings use, with anti-bandit control handstamp. File:China postal savings C.jpg|China also used special purpose stamps like this. File:Russia Postal savings.jpg|Russian postal savings stamp used here provisionally as a postage stamp. 

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