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Foreign Postage, continued. 



parts of Africa, and some islands, the rate is 15 cents on a half 

 ounce of first class matter For Cape Colony and Natal, 

 newspapers demand 4 cents for a single rate (4 oz.), and other 

 printed matter and merchandise, 5 cents for a single rate (2 oz.). 



3. Unmaifable 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, insuf- 

 ficiently or illegibly 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 

 or inflammable articles, live animals or dead animals not 

 stuffed, fruits or vegetable matter liable to decomposition, 

 comb-honey, guano, articles exhaling a bad odor, vinous, spir- 

 itous and malt liquors, liquids liable to explosion, spontaneous 

 combustion, 01 ignition by shock or jar (for example, kerosene 

 oil, naphtha, benzine, turpentine, etc.). Bees and dried insects 

 or reptiles must be so put up as not to injure any one handling 

 the mails, nor soil mail bags or their contents. 



Coin and Jewelry. Coin, jewelry and other precious articles 

 prohibited by postal treaty from being sent in the mails to for- 

 eign countries. 



Scurrilous Matter. Matter upon the envelope or outside 

 cover or wrapper of which, or any postal-card upon which, any 

 delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, 

 lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory or threat- 

 ening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style 

 of display, and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon 

 the character or conduct of another, may be written or printed, 

 or otherwise impressed or apparent. 



