The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-12

POST tai G UIDE.
RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE u STATES

! Established by the Act of March 8, 1855
! For every single letter in manuscript or paper
! of any kind in which information shall be asked
/ for, or communicated in writing, by marks
| or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 1900
mi ssnt over ? 600 mile. g cents en
Upon all letters passing through or in the mail,
except such as are to or from foreign country,
! the postage must be prepaid, except upon letters
and packages addressed to officers of the govern
ment on official business, and marked on the
envelope This is not, however, to interfere with
| the franking privilege.
For a double letter there shall be charged dou
! bic the above rates for a treble letter. treble the
above rates &c. Every letter parcel not
| ceeding half an ounce (avoTdupois in weight is
single letter, and every additional weight of half
an ounce or of less than half an ounce is charged
with an additional single postage. When advertis-
ed, cent additional is charged on each letter. For
a letter delivered by a carrier there is an addi-
| tional charge of not exceeding or two cents
FOR drop letters, prepayment optional, mot to
| be maled EACH cent
For all letters or packages ship letters convey
/ ed by any vessel not employed in conveying the
mail
| To this charge of 2 cents is added cents when
/ the letters are not transmitted through the mail
but are delivered at the post-oice where deposit
ed; and the ordinary rates of United States post
| age are added when the letter is transmitted
through the mails
Each newspaper, periodical unsealed circular,
or other article of printed matter not exceeding
three ounces in weight to any part of the United
States,
For every additional ounce or fraction of an
ounce,
If the postage any newspaper periodical is paid
quarterly yearly in advance, the office where the
same is either mailed delivered then half the above
charged Newspaper and periodicals not weigh
ing and half ounces circulated in the State
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals. published monthly or
oftener and pamphlets not containing more than sixteen
octave pages each when sent in single packages weigh
ing at least eight onnces address and prepaid BY
axng postage stamps thereto shall be charged only half
cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce notwth
standing the postage calculated on each separate article of
such package would exceed that amount The postage
all transient matter unless prepaid shall be charged
BILE the aforementioned rates
Books, bound unbound not weighing over pounds
shall be deemed maabe matter, and shall pay,
For all distances under 5000 miles per ounce, cent
For all distances 1900 miles, 2 ("
Fifty per cent shall be added in all when pre-
paid All printed matter chargeable by weight shall be
weighed when dry The publishers of newspapers and pc
rodcals may send each other from their respective Off
of publication free of postage copy each publi-
cation and may also send each actual subscriber en-
closed in their publications. bills and receipts for the same
free postage The publishers weekly newspapers NAV
send to each actual subscriber within the county where
their papers are printed and published copy thereof
free of postage.
No printed matter shall he sent the above rates unless
either without any wrapper with open the ends
sides that the the matter NAV seen
without removing the wrapper or if any written print
ed communication IS put ON the same after its publication
upon the wrapper except the and address
of the person to whom the is sent if anything
else enclosed in such printed paper If these conditions
not complied with letter postage shall be charged
When any printed matter received during any quarter
has been in the for the whole of the SUCCEEDING
quarter the postmaster shall sell it and credit the amount
of the sales as directed by the Postoice Department
The establishment of private expresses for the convey
ance OF any letters packets packages of letters other
matter transmissabe in the United States mail neyspa
pers pamphlets magazines and periodicals excepte from
one city town other place to any other CITY town or
place in the United States between which the United
States mail is regularly transported is prohibited but
letters &c may be carried by carriers in stamped enye
opes contractors may carry newspapers the mails
Tor sale or distribution among subscribers penalty of
soooo Is imposed on taking letters through or
over any part OF the United States for the purpose
ing sent out Of the United States without the payment
postage
Letters addressed to different persons be enclosed
n the same envelope or package under penalty Of ten
dollars unless addressed to foreign countries
RATES OF FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE.
The single rate Of letter postage by either the Havre
Collins or Bremen lines land the same in respect to the
British lines to from any point in the United States
except Oregon and California; for or from any point in
Great Britain, is "a censrre payment optional Newspa
,er each United States and two British
zach country to collect ITS POSTAGE whether the paper
from received IN the United States british
newspapers usually British postage paid by penny
amp, equal to two cents They must be in narrow
,ands open at the ends Letters for the continent of En-
ope to pass through Great Britain in the open mail must
prepaid q cents when the Atlantic conveyance is NV
nited States packets and cents when by British pack
IS except from California Oregon, when the sum to he
prepaid s in the former instance &c and in the lat
err 10 cents Thus, in the case the Atlantic sea post
ge Is to be collected at the mailing in the Tnitad
tates and in the other left to be collected together with
he British transit and other foreign postage at the Office
delivery Between Great Britain and Oregon and CaIi
ornia the single rate of letter postage is % cents
Periodical works and pamphlets may be sent from the
nted states to the United Kingdom and vice versa at
wo cents oil United States postage EACH if they do
Aceeo TWO ounces IN weight and at cents per
acton OF an ounce when they exceed that weight to be
objected in all cases in the United States and
M be subject to an additional like charge the United
1nsdom' When sent to France, Algeria, or cities in