The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-01
RATES OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT And FOREIGN
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.

Letters for each half ounce, under 5000 miles, prepaid, . cents;
over 5000 miles, prepaid, 10 cents. All letters must be prepaid by
stamps, or enclosed in stamp envelopes, or they will not be for
warded.
Transient Newspapers, Periodical Circulars, dc! TO any part Of
the United States, not weighing over 3 ounces, l cent, and l cent? for
each additional ounce, prepayment required.
any distance in the United States under 5000 miles, and 2 cents an
o oaneS SStoy a soOO, @IS g, p asJysSas GS2%sod' Attractions over tho
Newspaper and Periodicals not exceeding 4 ounce IN weight
nshed-Daily per quarter, 22hi SIX times per week TSS ioh, .rl;.TSekiiy'
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing ~ ounce, double the
above rates.
small Newspapers, published monthly, or Onener, and pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages, in packages Of ounces or
weekly Newspapers, within the county where published, free
Quarterly payments, in advance, may be made either where pub
lshed or received.
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
To England, Ireland, and Scotland, California, Oregon, and Washing.
ton excsptedl "a cents x OF. From California, Oregon, or Wash
To France and Algeria, by French mails, 10 cents X o., 80 cents
To German States, by Prussian closed mail, 80 cents X OF.
10 by French mail, II cents y OF AZ cents = OF.
omburg, wurtemburg, Holland, and the Meth
Do by Hamburg mail, except Hamburg, Frankfort,
.-... NetherlandSD is cents u OF.
To Hamburg, by Hamburg mail, 10 cent K o..
70 Frankfort and Wurtemburg, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, %
To Luxembourg, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, Is cents x OF.
10 Holland and the Netherlands, by French mail, 81 cents u or, AZ
To Austria and its States, BY Prussian closed mail, 30 cents x o.
Do do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, Is cents = or.
DO do by French mail, % cents u o., 81 cents
~ o.
To Russia, by Prussian closed mail, 81 cents u OF.
DO py Bremen or Hamburg mai, % cents hOz
To Prussia, by PTusslan closed mail, 80 cents u OF.
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail, Is cents y OF
Do by French mail, q cents = OF AZ cents X o.
Do BY French mail ,& q cents a. Z o. I az cents 4 OF.
To Lombardy, by pruSsian closed mail, So cents x ~Oz.~praaid.
Do BY French mail, q cents x o. o. cents i OF,
To Parma and Modena, by Prusshn closed mail, 80 cents u OF.
DO do by French mail, ~ cents n Or, "a cents
Do do. by bremen or HamH rig mail IS cents X o.
To Papal States and Tuscany, by Prussian closed mnil, 30 cents y OF.
Do do by French mai, q cents u o., 81 cents
Do do by Bremen or Hamburg mai, rs cents
TO the Two setros, by grusstan closed mail, 80 cents x on-prepatd
Do by French mail, 80 cents u or, 60 cents X OF.
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, % cents Y o.
- DO ESD' By By British mail, via southampton, 7s cents x oz-1spatd,.
70 Portugal, by French mail, q cents "a or, AZ cents "a oz-prpdid.
Do by British mail, via southampton, 6a cents y oz.-Prs-
70 Denmark, by Prussian closed mail, 35 cents u OF.
No by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 25 cents Il OF.
DO by French mail, ~ cents \ or, 81 cents u OF.
To Sweden, by Prnssian closed mail, ~ cents u o.
Do by French mai, SO cents 4 o., 90 cents u o.
10 Norway, by Prussian closed mail, IS cents u OF
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, SO cents = OF.
Do by French mail, 50 cents u or. 90 cents o.
To West India Islands, (nt British except Cuba a., Turks Ei Island, Car
Ella, and St. Thomas, "a cents = o. when distance from mailing
70 Canada, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edwards Island,
Nova Scotia, and New ~Foundland, 10 cents y OF. when distance Is
not ever 1900 miles from line of crossing, and 10 cents "a o. Il
distance exceeds 1900 miles.
TO Aspin wall and Panama, New Granada, and Mexico, 10 cents u OF.
when distance does not exceed $500 miles, and 20 cents If distance
exceeds $500 miles prepaid. ...
70 Bogotu and Buenayentura, New Granada, Is cents Il oz.-pTepdid.
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, "a cents u ozs-PnPdtd.
70 west Indies, BRUSH, except Turks IlaudO 10 cents " OF. If dis.
lance does not exceed 1880 mile, and 20 cents y OF, If distance
70 sandwich islands, New South Wales, and China, by mail TO san
Francisco, thence by private ship, 10 cents n ~oz-PrTdid.
NorE-In all cases where the word prepaid Is not added, the pre-.
payment Of the postage is optional with the sender. a