The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-10
RATES OF POSTAGE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.

Lrs each half ounce under 900 miles, prepaid cents
5000 miles prepaid, 10 All letters be prepaid by
warded
Tanss Newspapers, Periodicals Ci,cuar, de- part Of
States weighing ounces cent and oeD
each additional ounce prepayment required. ..-
any distance the United States under 5000 miles and cents
ounce being counted 5 an additional ounce.
Newspapers and Periodicals not exceeding ounce IN weight
Lshed-ppiy per quarter 22 rs times per week lsh weeky
sS nS o u@a ounce mS na
a Newspapers published monthly or oftene and pamphlets
containing than 10 octave pages in packages Of ounces
weekly Newspapers within the county where published free
Quarterly payments in advance may be made either where pub
hshed or received. ..a Is
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
England Ireland Scotland California Oregon Washing
ton eSeeped9 "a cents o. From California; Oregon Wash
To France and Algeria by French mails 10 cents o. 80 cents
To German States by prussian closed mail 80 cents >. o.
Do by French mail 81 cents y or AZ cents X OF.
Do BY Bremen mail Except Bremen, Frankfort, Lux
e@bu.g wer.snbarg Holland, and the Meth
Do by Hamburg mail except HAMBURG rr9nkl9,,
.ah wa. Neiherlands1 IS cents y OF.
To Bremen by Bremen mail, 10 cents y or .....r
Hamburg by Hamburg mail, 10 cents u u.
To Frankfort and Wurtembug by Bremen Hamburg mail %
To Iuxcmburg by Bremen Hamburg mail q
10 Holland and the Netherlands by French mail 81
AUSTRIA and its states by Prusslan closed mail 30
do by Bremen Hamburg mail Is y q.
DO do by French mail, ~ cents n o., 81 cents
10 Russia by prussian closed mail S1 81 cents i o.
no BY Bremen or Hamburg mail % cents y
DO by Bremen Hamburg mail IS cents !, OF, ..
y s Fton'h mail p. p cents ! OF e e cents
by French mail q n or 40 cents y o.
.. DO by Bremep Hamburg mail, 80 cents y o..
Lombardy, by Prssan closed mail 33 u ozrepaid
DO BY French mail 81 cents u o., 81 cents X o.
% y bremen or Hamburg mail, Is cents =
DO do by French mall 81 cents Il or, 81 cents
Do do by Bremen & or Iramb rig mail rs cents I o.
To raq states aud Tuscany % F Prussia closed mail % cents
.. Do . by bremen Hamburg mail, % cents
To the Two sccs by Prussan closed mail 80 cents
DO by pfench mail, 80 cents z o., 90 cents y or
To Spain by French mall q cents Oz ~ cent, y prepaid
10 Portugal by French 4 ~ cents ozrepaid
DO by British matt southampton, e3 cents y 6z pre-
To Denmark By mail, IS 4 %, M I'LL a
10 BY French mail, q 4 o., 81 cents 4 o.,
t. sweden, by prussian closed mail ~ cents y o.
M by Bremen Hamburg mail 50 cents y
DO ~ French mat 80 cents X o., % cents = or
10 by Bremen Hamburg mail, 3S cents y
10 by French mail SO cents 4 or. es cents y o.
10 West Islands (nn Brsh except Cuba, Turks
hagena Honduras juan, caragu Martha
Ella and ST. Thomas % cents o. when distance from mailing
"e s so 200 @ and - cents o. when distance sS
Canada New Brunswick Cape Breton Prince Edwards Island
5000 miles from limo of Crossing and 10 cents a
To and Panama New Granada and Mcxco 10 cents u o.
when distance docs not exceed miles and 20 cents distance
To Bogota ana Granada 4
70 Ecuador Bolivia, Chill, 81 cents 4 prepaid
To west Indies British, except Turks iana y dis,
lance exceed 1880 mile and 20
To sandwb Islands New south Wales and China by mail 10 San
Francisco thence by private ship 10 cents y prepaid
an where lho word prepaid added the pre-.
payment Of the postage Is optional with the sender