The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-29
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE,

RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE,
LJfers. for each half ounce, under 5000, miles, prepaid, 8 cents;
stamps, or enclosed in stamp envelopes, or they win not Oe0r
Tsaaasat Necspapars, Periodicals, oircurars, dc, % any part Of
The United States, NOT weighing over 3 ounces, l cent, and l centfor
Books, prepaid, not weighing over : pounds ! cent per ounce for
ounce beng counted as an additional ounce.
when paid quarterly adranoe and circulated in the state where pub
ushed-Daily per quarter, 22k six times per week, 1917, triweekly,
eA; semi-weekly, o.; weekly, So semi monthly, u; monthly, 4.
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing ~ ounce, double the
Small Newspapers, published monthly, or ortener, and pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages, m packages Of ounces or
weekly Newspapers, within the county whore published, free
Quarterly payments, in advance, may be made either where pub
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
To England, Ireland, and Scotland, California, Oregon, and Washing.
ton excepted0 "a cents "a OF, From California, Oregon, or Wash
To Franco and Algeria, by French mails, is cents 4 or, so cents
To German states, by prussian closed mail, 80 cents ! OF.
Do BY French mail mail q cents \ ,mso AZ se %S, x o.
omburg, Wnrembarg, Holland, and the Meth,
Do ..a by Hamburg mail, except Hamburg, Frankfort
Luxembourg, wurtemburg, Holland, and the
TO Bremen, by Bremen mail, 10 cents Il OF.
To Hamggrg, by HAMBURG mail 10 cents y o. ,, u a..
To Luxembourg, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 25 cents X o.
TO Holland and the Netherlands, by French mail, Il cents y oz,42
To Austria and its States, by Prusshn closed mail, 80 cents u o.
DO do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 10 cents y OF,
DO do by French mail, ~ cents u o., 81 cents
To Russia, by prussian closed mail, 81 cents y o..
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 30 cents u OF. "#aE
To Prussia, by Prussian closed mail, 80 cents = OF. e.se
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail % cents y o.
To s ARC ny s htsHs by " Pras ! DS aisse 4 mail al ' IS cents s J @ o..
Do d by by French Rrs%so mail "a Ia "a SS1ss ,6 4 GS q t Gss ssnt s y o.
To Tombardy, by Prussian closed mail 80 cents > ozr-pnpaid.
DO : Bremen Or q Hamburg i mail ! i cents o.
To Parma and Modenn, by P russia closed eloI mail - cents = OF 49,.
80 $3.50, IN a.
Do do by French mail, q cents u or, 81 cents
Do do by bremen or Hamburg mail, IS oouts
~ DO BY French mail, 80 cents X or, 60 cents q o..
Dozas BY Bremen or Hamburg mail % cents = or
.~Tospain, by French mail, q cents X o. 42 cents !, oz-prepaia
DO DO ,,.s y 1 British Rsha mail l,s, ria 3 s1S Ssnss 2 p 2 3 GENTS cent. Z g ,sSsa;d
Do by British mail, via Southampton, 90 cents " oz-@ps
10 Denmark, BY Prossiau closed mail, 90 conis " o.
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mai, 20 cents = o.
20 Sweden, by Prussian closed mail, ~ cents u or
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, SO cents u OF
DO by French mai, SO cents a or, &c cents X or. VIZ
70 Norway, by Prussian closed mail, 40 cents 4 o. 4.
DO by French mail, SO cents Il or, 60 cents u OF.
10 West India Islands, not BrtshD except Cuba, Turks Island, Car
Ella, and ST. Thomas, "a cents * o. when distance from mailing
ONCE is under $500 miles, and "a cents Y OF when distance ex-
10 Canada, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edwards Island,
Nova Scotia, and New Foundland, 10 cents y o. when distance Is
not over 5000 miles from line of crossing, and is cents Is OF. If
distance exceeds 5000 miles.
70 AspdnSai and Panama, New Granada and Mexico, 10 cents q OF.
when distance does not exceed 2 400 miles, and 20 cents IL distance
TO B BoSoS and eV Busnayentara, New Granada, IS cOnts y oz.-rvyqid,
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, 81 cents = oz-prPaid.
10 West Indies, British, except Turks Island9 10 cents u OF. if dis
tancc does not exceed $500 mile and 20 cents u or If distance
10 sandwich islands, New south Wales, and China, by mail to san
Francisco, thence by private ship, 10 cents u oz,-pqaid
NorR.-h all cases where Che word prepaid is not added the pre-
payment Of the postage is optional with the sender.