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braced in the other three classes, and which is not in its form 

 or nature liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the 

 contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one 

 engaged in the postal service, and not above the weight pro- 

 vided by law. Includes artificial flowers, cut flowers, dried 

 plants, botanical and geological specimens, samples of flour or 

 other manufactured grain for food purposes, blank address 

 tags or labels, queen bees when properly packed, dried fruit. 

 Mate. One cent per ounce or fraction thereof. 



2. Foreign Postage. 



To Canada, Newfoundland, and Mexico, the rates are mostly 

 the same as domestic postage. Seeds and plants to Canada are 

 one cent an ounce. 



In the Universal Postal Union, which includes nearly all the 

 countries of the world, rates are as follows : 



Letters, | ounce - 5 cents 



Postal cards, single, each 2 " 



Newspaper and other printed matter, per 2 ounces . 1 cent 

 Commercial papers, same as "printed matter," except 



that lowest rate is 5 cents 



Samples of merchandise, same as " printed matter," 



except that lowest rate is 2 " 



Registration fee 8 " 



3. Unmailable Matter. 



Held for Postage. Domestic matter of first class on which 

 two cents has not been prepaid, and all other domestic matter 

 not fully prepaid. 



Misdirected. Matter without address, or so incorrectly, in- 

 sufficiently, or ineligibly addressed that it cannot be forwarded 

 to destination, including "nixies" or matter not addressed to 

 a post-office, or addressed to a post-office without the name of 

 the state being given, or otherwise so incorrectly, illegibly, or 

 insufficiently addressed that it cannot be transmitted. 



Destructive. Matter of a harmful nature, poisons, explosive 



