Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors of Deluxe Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints John A. Blanchard III, Thomas W.
VanHimbergen and John H. LeFevre his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact,
and each of them, with full power to act without the other, for him and her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute one
or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be filed under the Securities Act
of 1933 for the registration of shares of Common Stock of Deluxe Corporation for
issuance under the DeluxeSHARES Plan and/or shares of Common Stock, rights to
purchase or otherwise acquire shares of such stock or any other form of deferred
compensation under Deluxe's Nonemployee Director Stock and Deferral Plan and any
and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file such registration
statement(s), with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable state
securities commissions or agencies, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or
his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated: December 18, 1997


/s/ John A. Blanchard III /s/ Calvin W. Aurand Jr.
John A. Blanchard III Calvin W. Aurand, Jr.


/s/ Whitney MacMillan /s/ Donald R. Hollis
Whitney MacMillan Donald R. Hollis

/s/ James J. Renier
James J. Renier Robert C. Salipante

/s/ Barbara B. Grogan /s/ Jack Robinson
Barbara B. Grogan Jack Robinson


Allen F. Jacobson Hatim A. Tyabji


Stephen P. Nachtsheim