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Show U. S. P O ST O F F IC E . 57 <or in Dead L e tte r Office a t W ash in g to n . pound. By act of M arch 3, 1879, sam P ack ag es sealed re q u ired le tte r ra te . ple copies m ay be s e n t a t th e sam e ra te . P o sta g e on th is m a tte r w h en P a c k a g e s un sealed , w ith w ritin g on in s id e in th e n a tu re of correspon dence, se n t by o th e r th a n th e p u b lish er o r new s ag en t, is one ce n t fo r each fo u r re q u ire le tte r ra te . C ertain artic le s of m erchan dise, ounces o r fra c tio n th ere o f, p o stag e to be pre p aid by stam p s affixed to said .sealed o r un sealed , to fo reig n coun trie s, are sto pp ed in th e D ead L e tte r j tyi T h ird -C lass M atter—T h e follow ing Office u nless fu lly p erp aid a t fo reign artic le s are m ailab le a t th e ra te of -letter ra te . one cen t fo r every tw o ounces o r fra c M any a rtic le s of m erc h an d ise are a b s o lu te ly p ro h ib ited tra n sm issio n in th e tio n a l p a r t th ere o f: P am p h lets, occa sio n al pu b licatio n s, books, p h o to m ails; th e re fo re in q u ire before m a il g ra p h s, h an d b ills, p o sters, sh ee t m u ing. (p rin te d ), prosp ectuses, m aps, P arc els to C an ad a o r M exico m u st sic pro of sheets, re g u la r p u b licatio n s de n ev er be closed a g a in s t insp ection . F u ll p ay m en t of p o stage on fo reig n signed p rim a rily fo r a d v e rtisin g p u r m a il m a tte r secures ch eap er po stag e poses or free circ u latio n a t n o m in al in all cases, an d sho uld be en couraged ra te s, co rrected proof shee ts, seeds, c u ttin g s, ro o ts, scion s an d p lan ts. by p o stm a ste rs w h en ev er advice or in F o u rth -C la ss M atter—M ailable m a t fo rm a tio n m ay be afforded by th em to te r of th e fo u rth class em braces: L a sen d e rs of such m a tte r. T h e n am e an d ad d ress of th e sen d er bels, p a tte rn s, p lay in g cards, v isitin g cards, ad d ress tag s, p ap e r sacks, w ra p sh o u ld be on each parcel before m a il pin g p ap er an d b lo ttin g pads, w ith o r ing. T h is is to fa c ilita te a r e tu r n to w ith o u t p rin te d ad v e rtise m en ts th e re th e sen d er in th e ev en t of non -deliv ery. on, bill heads, le tte r heads, envelopes, On le tte rs, sealed packages, m ail w ith or w ith o u t p rin te d ad dresses m a tte r w holly o r p a rtly in w ritin g (ex th ereo n , o rn a m e n ta l p ap er an d all c e p t p roof sh eets an d corrected proof o th e r m a tte r of th e sam e g en era l c h a r sh e e ts, an d m a n u sc rip t copy accom ac ter. T h is class includes m erc h an p an y in g th e sam e, an d except local or dise and sam ples, m odels, sam ples of drop le tte rs o r U n ited S ta tes p o stal ores, m etals, m in era ls, etc., an d an y ca rd s); all p rin te d m a tte r so m ark ed o th e r m a tte r n o t included in th e first, a s to convey an y o th e r o r fu rth e r in second or th ird classes, an d Which is fo rm a tio n th a n is conveyed in th e o ri n o t in its form o r n a tu re liab le to de g in a l p rin t, excep t th e co rre ctio n of stro y , deface o r o th erw ise dam age th e m ere ty p o g rap h ic al e rro rs; all m a tte r c o n te n ts of th e m ail bag, or h a rm th e o th e rw ise ch arg eab le w ith postage, b u t person, postage ra te one ce n t fo r each w h ic h is so w ra p p ed o r secured th a t ounce or fra c tio n a l p a r t th ereof. i t ca n n o t be C onveniently. exam in ed b y R ates of P o sta g e to C anada—T h e D o p o stm a ste rs w ith o u t d e stro y in g th e m in io n of C an ad a em braces all th e w ra p p e r o r envelope; ell packag es co n B ritish N o rth A m erican p rovince s ex ta in in g m a tte r n o t in itse lf ch arg eab le cept- N ew foundland. w ith le tte r postage,, b u t in w h ich is in L e tte rs an d P o sta l C ards—Sam e closed o r concealed an y letter, m em o ra te s an d co n d itio n s of p re p ay m en t of ra n d u m or o th e r , th ip g s ch arg eab le p o stage as fo r dom estic le tte rs an d w ith le tte r po stage, or upon w hich is p o stal cards. an y w ritin g or m em o ra n d u m ; and R ates of P o sta g e to P o sta l U nion m a n u s c rip t fo r p u b licatio n in new spa- C o u n tries—L e tte rs, five cen ts p e r h a ir p e rs, m ag az in es or periodicals, tw o ouncle or fra c tio n th e re o f ^fifteen c e n ts fo r each ounce, o r fra c tio n th e re g ra m s b eing th e p o stal e q u iv ale n t of of. On local o r drop le tte rs, a t offices- h a lf a n ou nce ), p o stal ca rd s tw o cen ts each, re g is tra tio n fee te n ce n ts, p rin t w h e re free delivery by c a rrie rs is es ta b lish e d , tw o c e n ts fo r each ounce or ed m a tte r an d sam ples of iherchan dise, one ce n t fo r e^ch tw o ounces o r fra c fra c tio n th ereof. tio n th ereof. Second-C lass -M atter—M ailable m a t R ates to O th er Foreign - C o u n tries— t e r of th is -class em braces all n ew s F o r ra te s of postage, conditions^ of pa p ers, m ag az in es an d periodicals, ex clu siv ely in p rin t, and re g u la rly issued p rep ay m en t, lim its of size an d w e ig h t a t sta te d perio ds from a k n o w n office an d m a n n e r of w ra p p in g m a tte r a d of p u b lic a tio n , w ith o u t a d d itio n by dressed to o th e r fo reig n c o u n trie s; a sk w ritin g , m a rk o r sign, an d add ressed y o u r p o stm aster, w ho is fu rn ish e d w ith to re g u la r su b scrib ers, one ce n t p er a m o n th ly Official P o sta l Guide, co n - |
