The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-04
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RATES OF POSTAGE WITHIN THE U STATE

Established By the act Of March 8, 1855
for every single letter in manuscript paper
/ OF any kind in which information shall be asked
for or communicated in writing or by marks
/ or signs, sent in the mail not exceeding 5000
miles, seSt o,.or ooo u;.. Scents
/ Upon all letters passing through or in the mail
/ except such as are to or from a foreign country
the postage must be pre- paid except upon letters
and packages addressed to officers Of the govern
ment on official business, and so marked on the
! envelope This is not, however, to interfere with
the franking privilege.
For a double letter there shall be charged dou-
BILE the above rates for a treble letter, treble the
above rates, &C. Every letter parcel not ex-
eeedng half an ounce (avordupois) in weight is
Il 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-
edl cent additional is charged on each letter. For
a letter delivered by a carrier, there is addi-
tonai charge OF not exceeding two cents
for drop letters, prepayment optional, mot to
be mailed each, cent
For all letters packages (Ship Ietters) convey
ed by any vessel not employed in conveying the
To this charge of 2 cents is added cents when
! the letters are not transmitted through the mail
but are delivered at the post office 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
! States
For every additional ounce or fraction of an
ounce,
If the postage on any newspaper or periodical is psd
quarterly yearly in advance at the Office where the
same is either mailed delivered, then half the above
rates charged. Newspapers and periodicals not weigh
ing and half ounces circulated in the State
above rates.
Small newspapers and periodicals. published monthly or
oener, and pamphlets not containing more than sixteen
octave pages each when in single packages weigh
ing at least eight to address and prepaid by
axng postage stamps thereto shall be charged only half
cent Tor each ounce fraction of ounce notwith.
standing the postage calculated each separate article
such package would exceed that The postage
all transient matter unless prepaid shall be charged ou
bic the first mentioned rates.
Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over pounds
shall be deemed maiable matter, and shall pay,
For all distances under 5000 miles, per ounce cent
For all distances 3 900 miles, 2
Fifty cent shall be added in all when not pre-
paid All printed matter chargeabe by weight shall be
weighed when dry. The publishers and ne.
odcas may send to each other from their respective
ees OF publication free of postage, copy publi
cation and may also send each actual subscriber en-
closed in their publications, bills and receipts the same
nee OF postage The publishers of weekly newspapers may
send each subscriber within the county where
their papers are printed and published copy
free of postage
No printed matter shall be the above rates unless
either without any wrapper with open the ends
or sides so that the character of the matter may be seen
without removing the wrapper; written or print
ed communication put the after its publication
or upon the wrapper except the address
OF the person to whom the same is sent; if anything
else Is enclosed in such printed paper If these conditions
are not complied with letter postage shall be charged
When any printed matter received during any quarter
has been in the posoce for the whole of the succeeding
quarter the postmaster shall sell and credit the
OF the sales as directed by the Post0fce
The establishment of private expresses for the convey
ance OF any letters packets packages of letters or other
matter ansmssabe in the United States mail inewsna
pamphlets magazines and periodicals excenedI e.
one CITY, town or other place to other CITY town or
place in the United States, between which the Tnited
states man is regularly transported, is prohibited but
letters &c may be carried by carriers slammed enve
opes Contractors may carry newspapers ont of he mails
ior sale or distribution among subscribers penalty If
any part of the United States the purpose Of he
ing sent out of the United States without the payment of
postage. - f'' AAe"' vi
Letters addressed to different persons cannot be enclosed
IN the same envelope package, under penalty of ten
dollars, unless addressed to foreign countries
RATES Oh FOREIGN LETTER AND NEWSPAPER
POSTAGE
The single rate of letter postage by either the Havre
ooiins or Bremen lines land the respect the
BRUSH lines to or from any point in the United States
except oregon and California; for from any point in
Great GsTs Brit Britain is "a OPTIONAL Eewspa
each country to collect its postage whether paper
is sent from received in the United States british
newspapers usually come British postage paid by penny
stamp equal to two cents They must be in narrow
bands open at the ends Letters for the continent of Eu
rope pass throuqh Great Britain in the omen mail ,.
be nrenaid 81 cents when the Atlantic conano must
United States packets and cents when by British pack
cts except from California or Oregon when the to be
prepaid is in the former instance cents and in the
10 cents Thus in the the Atlantic sea most
lge to be collected at the mailing Office in the Tinted
States and in the other left be collected together with
ne britsh transit and other foreign postage the Office
II delivery. Between Great Britain Oregon and Cali
orna, the single rate Of letter postage is 20 cents
Periodical works and pamphlets may be sent from the
United States to the United Kingdom and pce versa nj
wo cents of United States postage each If they do not
xceed two ounces in weight and at per ounce
racon OF an ounce when they exceed that weight be
collected in all in the United States and the same
vii be subject to an additional like charge in the United
Kingdom. When sent to France, Algeria cities IN
turkey Syria, and Egypt, in which France has posi-
es, MA England, to other foreign countries hea
assing through the United Kingdom they viii pc Inited
lie with cent an ounce, fraction of an ouheei -
tates postage-pre payment required ,,n h, the
Single rate of letter postage to or from Neysna
'remen line 10 payment 9po"e md German
ers each cents being the United States anu oe..a
payment rsqa1red Letters and hs"sPspe''