The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-02
RATES or Posr4GE-DoMESTlc AND FOREIGN.
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.


Lr for each half ounce under 5000 miles prepaid cents
900 miles prepaid All letters must be prepaid by
stamps enclosed in stamp envelopes or they will not b" for
transient Eerpqpsrs Podieats Circulars De- any part Of
the United States Weighing over ounces cent and cent TOR
each additional ounce prepayment required 1890. sl- A..
Books prepaid not weighing over pounds a cent per ounce TOR
ounce 5000 miles prepayment required All fractions over the
Newspapers aud Periodicals exceeding pa ounce weight,
when paid quarterly nadyance and circulated in the State where pub
or; scmSscy G%s weekly IA semmouthIy X monthly K
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing Ia double the
Small Newspapers published monthly or oener pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages In packages OF ounces or
Weekly Newspapers within the county where published free
Quarterly payments advance be made either where pub
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
To England Ireland and Scotland California Oregon and Washing
excepted) "a From California Oregon Wash
To France and Algeria by French mails Is cents 80 cents
German States, by prusslan closed mail, 30 cents
by French mail 81 cents u or AZ cents -
by Bremen mail except Bremen Frankfort, Lux
emburg, wurtemDuTg, Holland and the Moth
Do by Hamburg mail, except Hamburg, Frankfort,
IqFSmSarg W y cnI 3 Holland and the
To Bremen by Bremen mall 10 4 .a.."...
To Hamburg, by Hamburg mail, 10 cents Il
10 Frankfort and wurenbug by Bremen or Hamburg mail %
10 Inxembug by Bremen or Hamburg mail % cents y or
To Holland and the Netherlands by French mail Il cents or AZ
To Austria States BY rrussan closed mail 80 cents
DO by by R R@Sn or Hamburg a9 s5 mail cents ssS o.
To Russia, by Prusslan closed mail 81 cents u o. "
Do by Bremen Hamburg mail 20 cents x or ISL.
TO Prussia BIZ Prcssian closed mail 80 cents 4 or
DO By F FsmSn @s N anis 70 fsa
States by Prussian c,sed mail So
Do By Bremen or hamburg mail 80 cents x o.
. Do by French mail q cents u or, 81 cents K o..
by Bremen Hamburg mail IS cents u o.
Modena by Prnssan closed mail 80
Do do BY French mall 81 cents \ o., "a cents
No do by Bremen or IIamb rig mail 25 cents 4 or
10 do by French mail, 81 cents u or, 81 cents
Do do by Bremen Hamburg mail, 2s cents
10 the Two Settles by prussan closed mall 80 cents y ouycad
no by French mail, 80 cents u o., 60 cents y OF.
Do BY Bremen pr Hamburg mall % cents y Or
To SPAIN by French mail q 4 AZ cents prepaid
To Portugal by French mail 81 X cents oz-rToid
DO by British mail via Southampton 69 cents u or Ire
To Denmark, BY PrCssIan closed mail, s5 cents Il
Do BY Bremen Or Hamburg an mail, % (. cents = o.,
To Sweden, by Prussan closed mail ~ cents u o.
by Bremen or Hamburg mail SO cents - o.
by French mail, SO cents y or, SO cents u OF.
Norway, by Prussian closed mail 40 cents Il o. ..
DO BY French mall 90 cents X o. 90 cents u o.
West India Islands, (no British except Cuba Turks Island Car
Ella and st. Thomas, "a cents p when distance from mailing
under $500 miles and a cents o. when distance o
10 Canada New Bruhswck Cape Breton Prince Edwards Island
Nova Scotia Toundland when distance Is
not over 5000 miles line crossing and IS y
distance exceeds 900 miles u .. .. -. .. .....
does exceed $500 miles and 20 cents distance
20 Booa and Baenavetufa New Granada is cents x Ozqad
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, "a cents q oz-Er1paa4 u
70 West Indies British xccpt Turks Isan cents u o. if
does exceed $500 mc and 20 cents distance
70 sandwich Islands Wales China by
Francisco thence BY pFiyateshiP, 10 cents Il Ozrepad
NoE-In all cases where prepaid added tho Pee
payment Of the postage is optional with the sender.