RATES OF POSTAGE. 
RATES OF POSTAGE. 
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POSTAL CARDS, i cent each, go without further 
charge to all parts of the United States and Canada. Cards 
for foreign countries (within the Postal Union) 2 cents each. 
Postal Cards are mijnailable with any writing or printing 
on the address side, except the direction, or with anything 
pasted upon or attached to them. 
ALL LETTERS, to all parts of the United States and 
Canada, 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. 
LOCAL, OR ‘‘ DROP ” LETTERS, that is, for the 
city or town where deposited, 2 cents where the carrier sys¬ 
tem is adopted, and i cent where there is no carrier system. 
FIRST CLASS.—Letters and all other written mat¬ 
ter, whether sealed or tcnsealed, and all other matter 
scaled^ nailed^ seWedy tied^ or fastened in any ma7tner 
so that it cannot be easily examined, 2 cents for each ounce 
or fraction thereof. 
SECOND CLASS.“^Only for publishers and news* 
agents; i cent per pound. 
Newspapers and Periodicals (regular publications) can 
be mailed by the public at the rate of i cent for each 4 
ounces or fraction thereof. 
THIRD CLASS.—Printed matter, in unsealed wrap^ 
Pers 07 tly (all matter inclosed in notched envelopes must 
pay letter rates), i cent for each 2 ounces or fraction there* 
of, which fnust be fully prepaid. This includes books, 
circulars, chromos, engravings, handbills, lithographs, mu¬ 
sic, pamphlets, proof-sheets and manuscript accompanying 
the same, reproductions by the electric pen, hektograph, 
metallograph, papyrograph, and, in short, any reproduction 
upon paper by any process except hatidwritUig and the 
copying press. Limit of weight 4 lbs., except for a single 
book, which may weigh more. 
FOURTH CLASS.—All mailable matter not included 
in the three preceding classes which is so prepared for 
mailing as to be easily withdrawn from the wrapper 
and examined, i cent per ounce or fraction thereof. Lrait 
of weight, 4 lbs. Full prepayment compulsory. 
RE FOR WARDING.—Letters will be forwarded from 
one post office to another upon the written request of the 
person addressed^ without additional postage charge ; but 
unclaimed packages cannot be returned to the sender 
until stamps are furnished to pay the return postage. 
PERMISSIBLE WRITING.—No writing is permit¬ 
ted on third or fourth class matter except as follows: The 
name and address of sender on the outside or inside of 
package, preceded by the word ^‘from.’’ On the wrapper 
may also be written the names and number of articles in¬ 
closed. The sender is further allowed to mark a word or 
passage in a book or paper to which he desires to call 
special attention. He may also write a simple inscription 
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pamphlet. There may be attached to articles of merchan¬ 
dise, by tag or label, a mark, number, name, or letter for 
purpose of identification. Printed circulars may contain 
the written name of the sender, or of the addressee, and 
the date. Any other writing on third or fourth class matter 
will subject the package to letter rates of postage, and ren¬ 
der the sender liable to a fine of ten dollars for each of¬ 
fense. Printed matter may be inclosed with fourth class 
matter, but the whole package is subject to the rate of i 
cent per ounce or fraction thereof. 
POSTAL NOTES. 
Upon payment of a fee of 3 cents each, Postal Notes 
for any amount under Five Dollars may be purchased at 
any Money-order Office, payable to bearer at any time 
within three calendar months from the last day of the 
month during which it was issued; but payable only at 
Buch Money-order Office as the purchaser may select or at 
the office of issue. 
MONEY ORDERS. 
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Orders to make it up must be obtained. 
FOREIGN POSTAGE. 
The rates for letters are for the half ounce or fraction 
thereof, and those for newspapers for 2 ounces or fraction 
thereof:— 
To Great Britain and Ireland, France, Spain, all parts 
of Germany, including Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, 
Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Turkey 'European and 
Asiatic), Egypt, letters 5 cents, newspapers 1 cent for each 
2 ounces or fraction thereof. 
To Australia, letters, via San Franasco ^^except to New 
South Wales), 5 cents; via Brindisi, 15 cents; newspapers, 
via San Francisco, 2 cents; via Brindisi, 4 cents. China, 
letters, via San Francisco, 5 cents; via Brindisi, 13 cents; 
4 cents for each paper not weighing over 4 ounces. British 
India, Italian mail, letters 5 cents, newspapers i cent for 2 
ounces. Japan, letters, via San Francisco, 5 cents; news¬ 
papers I cent for 2 ounces. 
