The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-18
RATES or poSr4GE-DonEsr AND FOREIGN
RAVE nE noMEsrTc rosrAGE.

Lasa 4 1 Or. each a.. hlf ounce % oo.g under Il p Geo. g n,s., pI 81 Sl.S 3 cents 81
stamps, or enclosed in stamp envelopes, or they VIII not be tor
nroasiaa Newspapers, Periodicals Circulars, DC, 'oauy part Of
the United States, not weighing over 3ounces, l cent and l cent for
each additional ounce prepayment required
Books, prepaid, not weighing over 4 pounds, cent per ounce for
any distance in the United States under 5000 miles, AID cents an
ounce over 1900 miles, prepayment required. Mliraciions over The
ounce being counted as an additional ounce.
Newspapers and Periodicals not exceeding ! ounce IN weight,
lshod- Duly per quarter 22kj FIX times per week, l95 tTiTGeky
Sinai Newspapers, published monthly, or oncncr, and pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages, in packages Of $ ounces or
W9cay Newspapcrs. within the county where published, 6ee
Quarterly payments, In advance, may be made either where pub
lshed or received.
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
To England, Ireland, aud scotland, California, oregon, and Washing
ton e~xcerted) 2loents & o. from California, Oregon, or wash
To Franco and Algeria, By French mails, 10 cents u o., 80 cents
TO German states. by Irussian closed mail 20 cents 4 o.
20 BY French mail q cents % AZ cents Il o.
cnburg, wurtemburg, Holland, and the Meth,
crlands Is cents y o.
Do by Iia 1al,ma, ma, a, sseoP. Ha% %,Hogs Frankfort n%% GHs
Notherlands) 10 cents 9k oz.
To Bremen, by Bremen mail, 10 cents x o.,
10 HAMBURG, by Hamburg nnH 10 cents Z oz.
10 Frankfort aud wuftembnrg, by Bremen Or Hamburg mai, %
TO iIxomiburg, by Bremen or Hamburg mai, IS cents y OF.
TO Holland and the Netherlands, by French mail, 81 cents 4 or, ~
70 Ausri ana is states, BY prusslan closed mail 30 cents
10 do by French mail, q cents q or o. cents
10 Russia, BY prussan closedi mail, 81 ecuts y o..
DO BY Bremen Or Hamburg maj, e cents b or
10 BY Bremen Or Hamburg mai 10 cents o.
To sardiplan states, by Prussian closed mail. 8s cents Z o..
Do BY French mail q cents 4 o. AZ cents y On
To Lombardy, by Prussian closed mail, 3S cents o~z.-Prpaid.
10 by French mail q cents 4 or 81 cents x OF.
To Parma and Nodena, by Prusaian closed mail, So cents y o.
DO do by French mail, p cents a o., 81 cents
Do do BY Bremen or Iamb rg mail, % cents i o.
To papol States and Tuscany, by Irassian closed mail, 30 cents 4 oz.
Do do by French NAL, Y cents d o., "a cents
Do do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, IS cents
10 the Two seres, by rcasslan closed mai, 80 cents ozsrpaid
DO by french mail, 80 cents a o., co cents = OF.
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 22 cents 4 OK
Do by British mail, via southampton, 70 cents y oz-PnPaid
To Portugal, by French mail q oeuts a o., az oent7 y oz-PrPafd,
Do BY British mail, ria southampton, % cents X oz-pe,
To Denmark, by Pr ssiau closed mail, 50 cents 4 o.
DO E French mail, Il cents & %, 81 cents X o.,
To Sweden, by Irussan cssed mail, % cents = o.
DO by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 80 cents 4 o.
DO ~ French mai, % GEMS 4 oz3 % cents y or
10 Norway R y T P.asen q T.1 Ti,n %ar, 40 TaI I'g ss sap o. o.
To west India Islands, iot Bfftsl) except Cuba, Turks Island, Car.
tlagdna, Honduras, san Juan, Ncaragaa9 santa Martha, yenczn-
Ella, and St. Thomas, "a cents oz when distance from mailing
cecds $500 mucs-Prepdid
10 Canada, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edwards Island,
Nova Scotia, and New Foundland, 10 cents y OF. when distance i
rot over 1900 miles from line OF crossing, and 10 cents x OF. u
10 AspIn Nan and Panama, New Granada, and Moxico, 10 cents Y or.
when distance docs not exceed $500 miles, and 20 cents il distance
To BGsota aid BacnaychtuTa New Granada, Is cents x oz.-pyaa
10 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, % cents "a o~z-frepald,
To Peru, % cents y uZ.-JqCpdtd.
r. West Indies, BRUSH, except Turks IsandD 10 cents x o.. il dis
tacc docs not exceed $500 milo and 20 cents x o. fdtstancc
To sandwich Islands, Now south Wales, and China, by mail to San
Francisco, thence by pryatoshp, 10 cents X oz lrqaid
Mons IN all cases where the word prepaid is not added, The pre-
payment Of the postage is optional with the SENDER