First Class.— Letters and all written matter, 

 whether sealed or unsealed, and all other matter 

 sealed, nailed, sewed, tied, or fastened in any 

 manner, so that it cannot be easily examined, 2 

 cents per ounce or fraction thereof. A •* Special 

 Delivery " ten-cent stamp, in addition to the law- 

 ful postage, entitles the letter to immediate de- 

 livery at, or within one mile of, any post-office. 

 Postal cards, i cent each ; with paid reply, 2 cents. 



Second Class.— Newspapers, magazines, and 

 other periodicals issued at stated intervals, at 

 least four times a year, i cent for each four 

 ounces, payable by postage stamps. 



Third Class. — Embraces printed books, 

 pamphlets, circulars, engravings, lithographs, 

 proof-sheets and manuscript accompanying the 

 same, and all matter of the same general char- 

 acter, and not having the character of personal 

 correspondence. The limit of weight is 4 pounds, 

 except in the case of single books. The postage 

 is I cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. 



Fourth Class.— All mailable matter, not in- 

 cluded in the preceding classes, so prepared as 

 to be easily taken from the wrapper and exam- 

 ined. Rate, I cent per ounce or fraction thereof, 

 except seeds, roots, cuttings, bulbs, etc., which 

 are one cent per two ounces. Limit of weight, 

 4 lbs. Full prepayment compulsory. 



Register all valuable letters and packages. 

 Registry fee, 8 cents, which, with the postage, 

 must be fully prepaid. 



Money-order Fees are:— On Orders not 

 exceeding $2.50, 3 c. ; $2.50 to $5, 5c. ; $5 to $10, 

 8 c. ; $10 to $20, 10 c. ; $20 to $30, 12 c. ; $30 to 

 |[ $40, 15 c.; $40 to $50, i8c. ; $50 to $60, 20 c; $60 

 |\ to $75, 25 c. ; $75 to $100, 30 c. 



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TO ALL FOREIQN COUNTRIES (except Can- 

 ada and Mexico) : , , r 



On Letters, 5 cents for each half ounce or trac- 

 tion thereof— prepayment optional. Double rates 

 are collected on delivery of unpaid or short-paid 

 letters. International Postal Card, 2 cents. 



Newspapers, Books, Pamphlets, etc., i cent for 

 each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. 



All matter except Letter^ must be prepaid. 

 Letters and other packages may be registered- 

 fee, 8 cents. ^ . _ 



To the Dominion of Canada, New Brunswick, 

 Nova Scotia, etc.. Letters, Postal Cards, Printed 

 Matter, Samples, etc., prepaid same as U.S. rates. 

 Samples, i cent per 2 ozs. (must be paid at least 

 2Cts.); Merchandise, icent per ounce ; packages 

 not to exceed 4 lbs.— prepay ment compulsory. 



To Mexico: Letters, Postal Cards, and printed 

 matter, same rates as in U. S. Samples, i cent 

 per 2 ounces; Merchandise other than samples 

 can only be sent by parcel post. 



To Philippines, Cuba, Guam, Porto Rico, Tu- 

 tuila, and Hawaii, same rates as in U. S. 



LIMITS OF SIZE AND WEIGHT.— Packages 

 of samples of merchandise to all countries must 

 not exceed 12 ozs., nor measure more than 12 

 inches in length, 8 in breadth, and 4 in depth ; 

 and packages of printed matter must not exceed 

 4 lbs., 6 ozs. 



INTERNATIONAL OR FOREIGN MONEY- 

 ORDER Fees.— For Orders for sums of $10 or 

 less, 10 cents ; $10 to $20, 20 cents ; $20 to $30, 

 30 cents ; $30 to $40, 40 cents ; $40 to $50, 50 

 cents; $50 to $60, 60 cents ; $60 to $70, 70 cents ; 

 ' ^70 to $80, 80 cents ; $80 to $90, 90 cents ; $90 to 

 100, $1.00. 



