The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-22
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE

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Letters, for each half ounce, under 5000 miles, prepaid, 3 cents;
over 5000 miles, prepaid, 10 cents. All letters must be prepaid by
stamps, or enclosed in stamp envelopes, or they win not bc for
Eansnt Newspapers, Periodicals, Circulars, dc, to any part o.
the United States, not weighing over 8 ounces, l cent, and l cent for
each additional ounce, prepayment required.
Books, prepaid, not weighing over = pounds ! cent per ounce Tor
ounce over 5000 miles, prepayment required. Attractions over the
NeOspGpas and Periodicals not exceeding ~ ounce In weight,
when paid quarterly inadyance and circulated in the State where pub
9~, semi weekly Rry G SE; weekly, 81 semi monthly X monthly, \.
Newspapers and periodicals when weighing III ounce, double the
Small Newspapers, 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
ushod or received.
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
To England, Ireland, and Scotland, California, Oregon, and Washing
ton exccptod0 "a cents II OF. from California, Oregon, or Wash.
To Franco and Algeria, by French malls, IS cents \ o., 80 cents
To German States, by prussian closed mai, 80 cents X o.
DO by French mail, 81 cents u OF, AZ cents u or,
Do by Bremen mali, Except Bremen, Frankfort, Lux
emburg, Wgrtemburg, Holland, and the Meth
Do by Hamburg mail, except Hamburg Frankfort,
Is Luxembourg, Wurtemburg, Holland, and the
NetherlandsD is cents Il or.
To Bremen, by Bremen mail, 10 cents = or.
TO Hamburg, by Hamburg mail, 10 cents Il OF.
TO Frankfort and Wurtemburg, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, %
To Luxembourg, by Bremen or Hamburg mail, % cents u OF.
To Holland and the Netherlands, by French mail, q cents x o., AZ
To Austria and its States, by frussian closed mail, 80 cents x OF.
Do do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 10 cents X OF.
Do do by irench naii, y cents y or "a cents
To Russia, BY RUSSIAN closed mai, 81 cents y q
To Prussia, b Prussian closed mail, 30 cents X o.
Do BY Bremen or III Ha ! smS mail, 10 ssnts Z o.
To Sandman States, by Prussian closed mali, 3s cents u or.
Do Do BY By bremen : % on Ia m SSnas mail a It s. CO eea osHs ! d a. o.
To ~IOmbardy, by rrussian closed mai, SO cents X oz-prpatd.
DO D S By T1sHsa afh ia u Surs' n { I i { cents ! as9j < g. .
To Parma aud Modena, by Prussian closed mail, So cent? = o.
r .au o ,n,.-- la r.. u.
To Papal States and Tuscany, by Prussian closed mail, 35 cents b OF.
Do do by French mail, "a cents u or, 54 cents
Do do by Bremen Il me- or Hamburg mail, IS cents
10 the rT DO S'''~'' & F rrsach mall siIf 50 e cents ! o., g g cents M K g..
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg naal' 20 cents 4 en-
To SPUN, by French mail 81 conts X or, ~ cents y oz.-p,ypaia,
To F RS ~ By s'' Tssn asi a'l IT, 4 s1s eenaa Z o., 4 = GENTS GENTS { I o. prsSs's:
DO BY RFtsh mail, ria southampton, GO cents X oz'-pre-
To Denmark, by Prussian closed mai, 50 scents Il o. d
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mail, 25 cents u or. .....
no by French mail, 27 cents a or, "a cents u or. ,.a
To Sweden, by Prussian closed mail, AZ cents X or a
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail, 80 cents u o. ns a.
To Norway, 3 prussian closed nail, Al cents X OF.
D. DO By By Frsneh mail, IS oonis !" 4 o., C cents K ;os.
To West India 1slands, not British except Cuba, Turks Island, Car
IN Is ) under $500 miles, and a cents 4 o., when distance OK
10 canada, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince EDWARDS Island,
not ever 5000 miles lroE F@f Of crossing, and 10 cents - o.
10 Aspinsal and Panama, New Granada, and Mexico. 10 cents u og
when distance does not exceed $500 miles, and 20 cents if distance
To Bogota and BueuayeptuTa New Granada, rs cents y oz.-ryspatd.
70 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chill, 81 cents 4 oz-prpaid . 81
10 West Indies, British, (cxcept Turks Island1 10 cents \ oz. IL dis
TANGO does not exceed $500 mile, and 20 cents n OF. If distance
10 SANDWICH Islands, Now South Wales, and China, by mail to San
Francisco, thence by private ship, 10 cents X oz-Irpdia,
Norr-In all cases where the word prepaid is not added, tho pre-
payment of the postage is optional with tho sender.
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