550 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



All mail matter except seco7id-class publications mailed by pub- 

 lishers or neivs agents and third and fourth-class matter 

 mailed under permits must be wholly or in part prepaid by 

 postage stamps. 



Letters and Postal Cards — First Class 



Letters or other matter wholly or partly in writing or type- 

 writing, except as hereinafter provided, and all matter 

 sealed or closed against inspection, except original pack- 

 ages of proprietary articles in simplest mercantile form, 

 and seeds and like articles in transparent envelopes, to be 

 sent beyond the office where deposited, or for local deliv- 

 ery when mailed in a letter-carrier post-office or rural 

 delivery — one rate must be prepaid, and article must not 

 weigh over four pounds — each ounce or fraction 02 



Drop or local letters deposited in other than a letter-carrier 

 office or rural delivery — each ounce or fraction 01 



Registered Letters, in addition to the regular postage which 

 must be fully prepaid 10 



Special {or Immediate) Delivery Letters, in addition to 

 regular postage, a special stamp or ten cents in ordinary 

 stamps and marked special delivery 10 



Postal Cards 01 



Postal Cards, with paid reply 02 



Post Cards, conforming to prescribed conditions 01 



Newspapers and Periodicals — Second Class 



No Limit to Weight — Except to Canada (4 lbs. 6. oz.) 



All Neivspapers and other Periodicals, one copy to each 

 actual subscriber, residing within the county where they 

 are printed, wholly or in part, and published, except those 

 deliverable at letter-carrier offices or rural delivery free 



Neivspapers and Periodicals to regular subscribers and 

 sample copies, each pound or fraction 01 



Newspapers (except weeklies) and Periodicals not exceed- 

 ing two ounces in weight, when deposited in a letter- 

 carrier office or rural delivery for delivery by carrier, 

 each payable by stamps affixed 01 



Periodicals over two ounces in weight, deposited as above, 

 prepaid by postage stamps affixed, each 02 



Weeklies, deliverable by carriers, at letter-carrier offices or 

 rural delivery, for each pound or fraction 01 



