The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-10
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.


Letters for ounce 5000 miles prepaid cents;
5000 miles prepaid 10 All letters must be prepaid by
stamps enclosed in stamp envelopes or they will not bo for
Newspaper, Periodicals Cire.ar. De- any
the United States weighing 3ounces cent and cent for
each additional ounce, prepayment required
Books prepaid not weighing over pounds cent per ounce for
ounce 5000 miles, prepayment required All fractions over the
ounce being counted as an additional ounce. ..gEgg
when paid quarterly and circulated The State where pub
OK; semi weekly 6 weekly 81; semimonthy monthly X
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing ~ double the
small Newspapers published monthly oreno pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages IN packages Of ounces
weekly Newspapers within county where published free
lisSed or received '''
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
To England Ireland and Scotland California, Oregon and Washing
excepted "a From California Oregon Wash
To Algeria, by French mails n or 80 cents
To States by Prusslan closed mall 30 cents X o. .
Do BY bremen n mail eU sap T P PS o
emburg, wurtemburg Holland and the Meth
e.-. Luxembourg, wurtcmburg, holland, and the
....a .s Nethorlnnds) is cents n o.
To Bremen by Bromen mail, 10 cents n
To Hamburg BY Hamburg mail, 10 cents Il or
10 Frankfort and wur'emburg BY Bremen or Hamburg mall %
To Inxemburg by Bremen or Hamburg mail IS cents }, o.
To Holland and the Netherlands by French mail q cents 10
To States, by mail o.
Do BY SDoS %, Hamburg 81 sG mail - cents
To Russia by russlun closed mail %h 81 ropls X Os w
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 20 cents x OF.
Sy FS%i1 1 N - Sse's
States by Prussan closed ma 8s cents j o.
By bremen or Hamburg mail I 50 &C cents SS" g.
To LOmhardy, by Prusan closed mail SO ozprpaid
Do by French mail, 81 cents u o., 50 cents Il
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail IS cents 4 o.
Do do by French mail, ~ cents u o., 81 cents
M do Inv Bremen or Hamburg NAH Of cens 4 nh
To States and Tuscany by Prusa closed mall
Do do by French mail 81 cents n o., "a
Do by Bremen Hamburg mall IS cents
Do by French mail 80 cents 4 o. so cents i
Do by Bremen Hamburg mail, % cents u q
To Spain, by French mail a cents 4 o. 42 cents y ozped
No Portugal by French mail 81 cents or a cents
Do by British mail, MA Southampton, SO cents u oS-Pre
To Denmark by Prossan closed ma 90 cents n o. m..
by Hamburg mail rs cents n
To Sweden by PrussiaR closed mail az cents r.
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail, SO cents y OF.
Do by French mail SO u &c cents Il
10 Norway, BY PrussiaH closed mail, 10 cents y OF
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, as cents y DE-
Do by French mail, SO cesSs "a OF, &c cents n
Islands, (not British except Cuba Turks Island Chr
@ sn u a " When Santa Ma na
$500 miles and "A cents y when distance
70 Canada New Brunswick Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia and New lonndand 10 cents when distance
5000 miles from line of crossing and 1b cents
distance exceeds 900 miles. s. .Ea -. r. , ..~r,- .
70 Aspn vail and New Granada Mexico 10 X o.
when distance does not exceed 500 miles and 20 cents distance
exceeds $500 mies-frepaid s... ... .'..."
Bogota entura Granada ozprepad
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, "a cents u ozprpaid ".
10 Peru, ~ cents = oz--pepad
does exceed 1880 mo and 90 Il OF distance
10 Sandwich islands New South Wales and China by mail to San
Francisco thence by private ship, 10 cents u ozTad
NorEn all cases where word prepaid is not added tho pre-
payment of the postage optional with the sender.