The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-08
RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE.

RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE
Letters for each haf under miles prepaid con
5000 miles prepaid 10 All letters be prepaid by
stamps enclosed in stamp envelopes they viii
the United States weighing ounces cent and
each additional ounce, prepayment required.
distance in tho United States under 5000 miles aud
5000 miles required Al fractions the
ounce being counted ms additional ounce.
Nogopas and Peotieais moi exceeding ounce weight
ishodDaiy per quarter 22 Fix times per week. lph rweek
S9a semi weekly oss weekly az ss%'monhy q monthly
above rates
sma Newspapers published monthly of,ener pamphlets
not containing more than 10 octave pages in packages Of ounces
over 80, cent Ma, per ounce no ,,.nas
Quarterly payments in advance, may be made either where pub
iisbed or received
RATES or LETTER POSTAGE FOREIGN COUNTRIES
To England Ireland and Scotland California Oregon Washing
ION cxoeaed "a cents "a From California Oregon Wash
Algeria by nails Is cents u o. 80 cents
10 German States by Prussan closed mail 30 cents y or
Do BY mail, (escept bremen, FRANKFORT, Lax.
emburg; wnrielabers, Holland, and the Meth
by Hamburg mail ssosP, H'%STrg Fra ah
Nelherandsl - cents X OF.
TO Bremen, by Bremen matt 10 cents y o.
TO Hamburg, by Hamburg mail, 10 4
To Frankfort and wumburg, by Bremen Hamburg mail %
To Luxembourg, by Bremen Hamburg mail, u or
To Holland and the Netherlands by French mail 81 AZ
To Austria and m States by prussian closed mail x
W.
Do do by French mail, "a cents q or, 81 cents
Do BY Bremen HAMBURG mail, 20 cents X OF.
DO by Bremen Hamburg mail, Is u OF.
To a D ~ Tsnen r ne Il es "s q 3 cents
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail, 50 cents x
To l0mbady by Prussian closed mail ozprepaid
DO by preneh mail q cents J, o. q cents i
To Sodsns, Sy mall 8 cents K o.
DO do by French mall, y cents y o., 81 cents
Do do by bremen Hame re- mail rs cents Il or
To r' b States an" ss y FGsas @ 4 M" 2
Do do by bremen Hamburg mail, % cents
sos by rrusssn closed mail 80 cents i
no by French mail, 80 cents y or, GO cents y
Do by Bremen or Hamburg mnil % cents y or
10 y BRITISH %a IA t soasan p : % ss cents s
To Portugal by French mall 81 cents AZ ozpredh
DO BY British mn Southampton, y o. pre-
Do BY Bremen or Hamburg mail, 20 cents - o.
DO by French mail q cents 4 or 81 cents u OF.
To Sweden, by Prussian closed mail, AZ y,
Do by Bremen Hamburg mail IS cents y or
To Norway Sy rrussan Closed n t cents or
DO by Bremen or Hamburg mail, IS cents y
To West India Islands not British Cuba, Turks Island
agona Honduras San Juan earagua) santa Martha venezn
Office under $500 mes, and "A y when distance
Canada, DrunSck, Cape Breton lsnnd
Nova Scotia and New Ioundnd 10 cents or when distance
To nSal Panama New Granada and Mexico 10 cents y o.
when distance does not exceed 500 miles aud 20 cents distance
Bgoa Granada Is cents y czpspa
10 Ecuador Bolivia and Chill, "a cents X prepaid
10 Peru ~ cents X oz--P1'aid
lance does mol exceed 1900 mile and 20 cents y or distance
To sandwich Islands New soa, Wales and China by mail to San
fruneseo, thence by private Ship 10 cents = Pr1rdd
NoEI cases where the word PREPAID not added the pre-
payment Of the postage is optional with The sender.