The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-17
Postal Convention between the United States Of
America and Italy.
ARTICLES

Agreed upon between John A Kasson, Esq, in
vested with special Powers to this End, an
Il Sgnor Commander Don Giovanni Barbavara
Director General Of Posts in Italy, by virtue o
his full Powers, in order to establish reguia
| Exchange of Correspondence between the onlteS
States OF America and Italy.
| ARTICLE T. There shall be a regular exchang,
| of correspondence in closed mails between tht
Post Department of the United STATES and Post
Department Of Italy upon the conditions set forth
| in the following artic1es:-
| ssARTICLE IL The exchange of mails shall be
efec ed by means of the Transatlantic steamers ana
of the intermediate routes Of transit upon which
| the two postal administrations stall hereafter
agree; or, in the absence Of such an agreement,
| each postal administration shall designate the
steamers aud the route OF transit by when the
mails which it dispatches shall be conveyed
ARTICLE III. The Offices for the exchange OF
mails on the part Of the United States. are
lst New York.
I'd. Boston.
On the part of Italy are
1st The travelling office from Turin to Susa,
when the transit is by the way OF France and
England.
lata, or the travelling office from Arous TO Maya
dine, when the transit is by way of Germany and
Switzerland
The Post Departments Of the United States and
Of Italy whenever they shall find it necessary,
may agree upon other offices of exchange
ARTICLE " The following articles shall be
admitted into the mails exchanged between the
two countries 10 wit: O. Ordinary Letters; ~
Registered letters; 49, documents of business anu
other written documents which have mol the CHAR
acter of a direct personal correspondence, cor
rected proofs samples of merchandise including
grains and seeds, and not having "A mercantile
value in themseI es; ~ Newspapers and prints Of
all kinds in sheets. iu Ismphleis and In books;
sheets of music. engravings, Autographs, photo
graz hs drawing, N sp., and plans
aHf~faT 1g~ EHf
PIES of merchandise shall not exceed 800 grammes
The weight OF any other packet # ailable articles
shall not exceed 1900 grammes; and the form OF
the packet shall be regulated by the practice oil
the despatchiug department.
ARTICLE VI All mail4ble articles, except let
ters shall he sent under band or SO enclosed that
postal agents in both countries may readily verify
the contents Of the packet
ARTICLE VII The standard weight and pro
erosion for the sin gle rate OF postage upon all ar
ricles enumerated in Article ". of this convention
are established follows: % For letters 10
srammes; q For documentary manuscripts MT
having the character OF a direct peTs3ual CORE
spoudence fer corrected proofs, and for samples Of
merchandise 10 gramm-s: t3) For newspapers and
prints of ali kinds emb racing all ualdte articles
not otherwise assigned. the standard shall not be
less than 40 grammes in Italy, OF one ounce ami a
half in the United states: but each post depart
ment NAV establish a higher standard weight Of
IT, erosion adapted to It's interior requirements
ior articles Of this class which it de~patche-
ARTICLE VIII. The prepayment u p : age upon
ordinary letters eXchang' G between the United
States and Italy shall be opt onal but letters not
PREPAID or insuficiently prepaid, shall be charged
in the county of de tiuAtion with an extra rate Of
c. nts IN the United States and OF 80 Confines IN
Italy The prepayment Of postage upon all other
articles including registered letters, shall be com
puls5ry; and when they shall be IN no part pre-
paid they shall not be dispatched; but IN such |
the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
sender
.y-,c,pJy Tho articles uuder hand which |
shall be in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
destination: but they shall be charged there with
twice the amount Of the difference between the
rate due and the sum actually prepaid.
ARTICLE Y The International rate Of postage |
upon the correspondence exchanged between the |
two countries Is based upon the following e!e- |
Inents TO wit: o. The interior rate Of the United
states; (2l The interior rate Of Italy; % The /
maritime rate; a. The intermediate transit rate;
and any reduction which either country may ob- |
tain from the existing maritime and transit charges
,haI inure 10 the benefit of the people Of the two
Countries by CORES pvndiDg reduction Of the In
rates of postage estab shed in the fol-
owing article so son the Two departments shall
nave adjusted the amount.
Article NJ The international rates, combined
4 the elements above mentioned, and applicable
10 each standard o. progression Tor the several
lasses of Tnziable articles are established as fol
ows to Wit: a. Fer ordinary letters % cents in
he United States and l franc in Italy; On For |
registered letters. in addition 10 the ordinary pre-
1aid rate an extra charge Of 10 ceN:s In the United
states and of 80 Confines in Italy; ~ For docu-
nentary manuscripts. corrected pFoO's, and sam
lles OF mel chandise % cents in the Uni Ell States
md franc in Italy; AZ For journals and all other
PRINTS embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
sted the standard single rate shall DE liked by the
lespatching department. limited, nevertheless, by
he maximum rate of cents IN the l nited States /
lad OF - centlmes IN Italy
ARTICLE MI. of the combined rate Of inter-
rational letter postage hereby established, three
ents represents the inJeri.r single rate Of the
United States and fifteen centim-s the interior
sin gle rate Of Italy. The remainder OF the COM
,inei is assigned to the payment Of the cost
f sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit, by
route the mails may be conveyed.
ARTICLE XIII Articles under band described
n the third and fourth paragraphs OF Article ".
+ this convention may be registered IN either
ountry for despatch to the other, upon payment
f the registration fee Of ten cents in the United
tates and Of fifty confines in Italy, in addition
0 the prepayment Of the regular postage.
ARTICLE XIV. Ia order to simplify postal ac-
cunts between the departments as much as pos
bic, and TO prepare the way for their n innate
BOLTON each Post Department shall retain TOTS
WI use a the postal rates and charges which II
hall collect. whether by virtue Of prepayment or
0st payment; and each department shall pay the
ost of conveyance of tie mails which itdespatches
tar as the frontier Of the country of destination.
is also especially provided that the cost OF inter
ledate ocean and land conveyance of the closed
nails shall be first betrayed by that one Of the
W. departments which shall have obtained from !
he int ermediares the most favorable pecunldTy 1
onditons of such conveyance; and any amount /
paid by one department for account OF the other
lail b. reimbursed. c
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all ;
iaabe articles addressed from one country to the '
Their shall be exempt in the country Of des tina
on from any rate or fee Whatever beyond the Q
3arges established by the convention.
ARTI LIE XVI. Correspondence exclusively re- f