EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY

Published on March 23, 2001


Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of DELUXE CORPORATION, a
Minnesota corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Lawrence J. Mosner,
Douglas J. Treff, Katherine L. Miller and Anthony C. Scarfone his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, with full power to act without the
other, to sign the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000, and any and all amendments to such report, and to file the
same and any such amendment, with any exhibits, and any other documents required
in connection with such filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Date

/s/ Lawrence J. Mosner 3/16/01
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Lawrence J. Mosner, Director and
Principal Executive Officer

/s/ Douglas J. Treff 3/16/01
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Douglas J. Treff, Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

/s/ Ronald E. Eilers 3/16/01
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Ronald E. Eilers, Director

/s/ Barbara B. Grogan 3/16/01
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Barbara B. Grogan, Director

/s/ Stephen P. Nachtsheim 3/16/01
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Stephen P. Nachtsheim, Director

/s/ Calvin W. Aurand, Jr. 3/16/01
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Calvin W. Aurand, Jr., Director

/s/ Donald R. Hollis 3/16/01
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Donald R. Hollis, Director

/s/ Robert C. Salipante 3/16/01
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Robert C. Salipante, Director

/s/ Daniel D. Granger 3/16/01
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Daniel D. Granger, Director

/s/ Cheryl E. Mayberry 3/16/01
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Cheryl E. Mayberry, Director

/s/ Charles A. Haggerty 3/16/01
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Charles A. Haggerty, Director