EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each undersigned member of the Board of
Directors and each undersigned officer of Deluxe Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints John A. Blanchard III and Jerry
K. Twogood, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 with respect to the
registration of up to $300,000,000 of Debt Securities of Deluxe Corporation
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments to
such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with such state
securities commissions and other agencies as necessary; hereby granting unto
such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority, each acting alone,
to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in connection with such registration as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their respective substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned hereunto set their hands as of this 8th day of May, 1995.


/s/ John A. Blanchard III /s/ James J. Renier
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John A. Blanchard III, Director James J. Renier, Director
and Principal Executive Officer

/s/ Harold V. Haverty /s/ Barbara B. Grogan
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Harold V. Haverty, Director Barbara B. Grogan, Director

/s/ Eugene R. Olson /s/ Allen F. Jacobson
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Eugene R. Olson, Director Allen F. Jacobson, Director

/s/ Jerry K. Twogood /s/ Charles M. Osborne
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Jerry K. Twogood, Director Charles M. Osborne, Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer
/s/ Whitney MacMillan
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Whitney MacMillan, Director