The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-06
RATEs OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.

Lers for ounce 1000 miles prepaid cents
over 5000 miles prepaid 10 cents LETTERS must be prepaid by
,ssG ded or enclosed IN stamp envelopes Or '' not
TSanset Newspaper Periodicals Circulars de- any part
United States weighing ounces cent and cent for
each additional ounce, prepayment required.
any under 5000 miles
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Newspapers Periodicals exceeding TX weight
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al semiweekly, on weekly "a monthly * monthly
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing l ounce double the
small published monthly or oftener 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
hshed or received ..--..-. ..
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England Ireland Scotland California Oregon washing.
ton exceped "a cents y From California; Oregon, Wash
To Algeria by French mails, or 80
To German States, by Prussau closed mail, 80
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by Hamburg mail, except Hamburg Frankfort,
Inxemburg, Wurtembarg, Holland, and the
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10 Inzenpurg Bremen Hamburg mail 20 cents y
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e.
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Do y Bremen or Hamburg burg; mail 20 cents y o. @ u
Do BY Bremen Hamburg mail, Is cents y srg
70 S sHs T 81 ssSs g se
BY Tsenoh mail q cents 5 o. - ~ cents o.
Iombardy, by closed mail SO y ozrepad
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TO Parma Hodonn BY mail K
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Papa Tuscany Pusan closed mail IS
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Portugal mail, 81 AZ Il ozprJdd
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by French mil, q cents 4 or. 81 cents y OF.
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by French mali, 33 cents u OF, &c cents u
10 Norway, by Prussian closed mail, 46 cents X OF.
by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 38 cents X
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and St Thomas 81 cents y when distance from mailing
$500 miles, and "A cents when distance
Canada Brunswick, Breton Prince Edwards Island
Nova Scotia Foundland 10 when
1000 miles from line Of CROSSING and Is cents
distance exceeds 900 miles. ", ~.
70 Aspn and Panama New apada and Mexico 10 cents
when distance does exceed 900 miles and 90 distance
exceeds $500 mies-treraid
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, "a cents x ozTrepdid
70 West Indies British except Turks Island cents u o. If dis
does not exceed $500 mile and 20 cents distance
70 sandwich Islands, New South Wales and China by mail to San
Francisco thence by private ship, 10 cents u ozrpGd "
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