Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-24

Jn OfutfA nOb S-Nt ~ NNhNos
Over $50, and not exceeding
Over $40, and not exceeding
$40, 20 cents
Over $40, and not exceeding
Money orders can be obtained on any
post ONCE Of Switzerland at the above
rates.
RegIstTy Department..
Letters may be registered by paying
postage in full, and a registration fec in
stamps, for
United States, Ii cents.
Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, . cents.
England, Ireland, and Scotland, s cents.
German Austrian Postal Union,
embracing the German and
Austrian States, 4 cents
Letters cannot be registered to
France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and
Holland.
Postage on Printed Matter, &C.
m0. Newspapers.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
PsSf.-.i ~, ~t~s-r-, s.-is-- " --s~l~~iy
issued and sent to regular subscribers"
when the following rates are charged,
payable quarterly in advance, either at
the mailing OF delivery ohce:
| DaIlies, IS cents.
Six times week, 30 cents.
TriWeeklics, 10 cents
Sem. Weeklies, 10 cents.
| weeklies. 3 cents.
Semi-monthly, not over four
ounces 6 cents.
! Monthlies, not over four ounces, 3 cents.
Quarterlies, not over four
ounces. cent
Newspapers, periodicals, and circulars
dropped into the Office Tor local delivery
must be prepaid. The postage OH regu-
lar papers, &c, must be paid in advance
| to the carrier or at the Office, otherwise
they will be charged at transient rates
Postage TO Canada.
Postage on books and other printed
matter, including newspapers, can only
be paid to the Canada line.
Books,
Not exceeding four ounces in
-WaiRht, 4 cents
| And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction, 4 cents
.. Uasealed Circulars,
Not exceeding three in number
to one address, 2 cents.
Over three and not exceeding
six to one address, cents.
Any larger number the same proper
Tomato rates. u.rIl.
90 Transient Printed Mailer.
One package to one address, not
exceeding four ounces, 2 cents.
! And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction thereof, 2 cents.
No transient printed matter is for
warded unless prepaid
Miscellaneous Matter,
Embracing pamphlets, occasional
publications, transient newspapers,
band-bals, posters, book manuscript,
proof,sheets, corrected or not maPs,
prints, ongraviags, sheet music, blanks,
flexible patterns, sample cards, phono,
graphic paper, letter envelopes, postal
envelopes or wrappers, cards, paper,
plain or ornamental; Photographic rep.
RESERVATIONS OF different types, seeds
cuttings, bulbs, roots. and sciOns) the
postage TO be prepaid Is, on one pack,
age TO one address, not over four ounces,
2 cents; over four ounces and not over
eight ounces, cents; over eight ounces
and not over twelve ounces, cents;
over twelve ounces aud not over sixteen
ounces cents. The weight OF pack
ages Of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scions
Is limited 10 thirty-two ounces.
Postal RuIes.
Many errors occur by persons not oh,
serving the following regulations in de,
posting letters, papers, or miscellaneous
publications for mailing:
All drop letters must be prepaid by
postage stamps,
Prepayment by stamps required on all
letters TO places within the United
States. .r... .......
Full prepayment by stamps required
on all transient printed matter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps,
all such as are receivedin the Office with
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or
with such postage stamps as were in use
prior 10 1861, or with revenue stamps on
them, are treated as "unmailable" and
sent 70 The dead-letter Office.
Letters for Georgetown, ID. O., require
0 cents for each half ounce.
10 Valuable letters should be carried TO
the post office and registered lfmOney
Is to be RENTED postal moncy-order
should be obtained. Hupon points where
there is no money.Order Office then the
letter shonld be registered. Money
should never be inelosed in an ordinary
letter. Hr ......
All letters 10 be mailed must be plain.
ly addressed, and the name Of the post
office and State clearly written. Care in
this respect will insure the prompt dellv.
cry OF AL letters, while q defective adj
dFess carries thell invariably to the dead
letter Office. 4.
Local agents for tue sale Of postage
stamps and stamped envelopes have been
t the following places, where
the public can always DO supplied
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