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to have the permit form printed with the amount paid in blank. The 
postage paid can then be stamped in with rubber stamps indicating the 
postage to each zone; in this way there should be no loss of envelopes 
or wrappers. 
Quite naturally every establishment producing catalogs in quantity 
will make efforts to bring these in just under 8 ozs., or just under one 
pound, as the case may be, for a catalog exceeding 8 oz. will be charged 
as one pound, while a catalog exceeding 16 oz. even by a hair’s weight, 
will be charged as two pounds. Catalogs weighing in excess of one 
pound are exceptions in our line, but there are many which average 
between 8 ozs. and 16 ozs. Catalogs of 9 ozs. to 12 ozs. will cost con- 
siderably more to mail on the average. Catalogs just under one pound 
will be mailed at an advantage as to price up to the fourth zone. In the 
fifth zone the cost will be equal to the old rates, and in the sixth, seventh 
and eighth zones it will exceed the former cost. For instance, a book 
or catalog weighing 14 ozs. which used to be sent from New York to 
California for 7c. will be charged 12c., and should the weight exceed 
16 ozs. by ever so little, instead of its costing 9c. to forward, it will 
cost 24c. 
Parcel Post Rates 
(a) Parcels weighing four ounces or less, except books, seeds, plants, 
etc., one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, any distance, (b) 
Parcels weighing eight ounces or less containing books, seeds, cuttings, 
bulbs, roots, scions and plants, one cent for each two ounces or fraction 
thereof, regardless of distance, (c) Parcels weighing more than eight 
ounces containing books, seeds, plants, etc., parcels of miscellaneous 
printed matter weighing more than four pounds, and all other parcels 
of fourth-class matter weighing more than four ounces are chargeable, 
according to distance or zone, at the pound rates shown in the table, 
a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound. 
Weight. 
1st Zone. 
2d Zone 
Rate. 
50 to 150 
Miles. 
Weight. 
1st Zone. 
2d Zone 
Rate. 
50 to 150 
Miles. 
Local 
Rate. 
Zone Rate, 
50 Miles. 
Local 
Rate. 
Zone Rate, 
50 Miles. 
1 lb 
50.05 
$0.05 
$0.05 
11 lbs 
$0 in 
$0 1.5 
$0 1.5 
2 lbs 
.06 
.06 
.06 
12 lbs 
.11 
.16 
.16 
3 lbs 
.06 
.07 
.07 
13 lbs 
.11 
.17 
.17 
4 lbs. . . . 
.07 
.08 
.08 
14 lbs 
.12 
.18 
.18 
5 lbs. . . . 
.07 
.09 
.09 
15 lbs 
.12 
.19 
.19 
6 lbs. . . . 
• .08 
.10 
.10 
16 lbs 
.13 
.20 
.20 
7 lbs.... 
.08 
.11 
.11 
17 lbs 
.13 
.21 
.21 
8 lbs. . . . 
.09 
.12 
.12 
18 lbs 
.14 
..22 
22 
9 lbs. . . . 
.09 
.13 
.13 
19 lbs.; . . . 
.14 
.23 
.23 
10 lbs 
.10 
.14 
.14 
20 lbs 
.15 
.24 
.24 
Veptables and fruits which do not decay quickly will be accepted 
for mailing to any zone if packed so as to prevent damage to other 
mail matter. 
NOTE. — The rate for local delivery applies to all matter mailed at a city carrier office, 
or at any point within its delivery limits, for delivery by carriers from that office. The rate 
for local delivery applies also to all parcels mailed at a post-office from which a rural route 
starts, for delivery on such route, or mailted at any point on such route for deliveiy at any 
other point thereon, or at the office from which the route starts, or on any rural route start- 
ing therefrom, and on all matter mailed at any office for local delivery. 
