The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-20
postsl Convention between the United States Of
America and Italy.

Postal Csnvention between the United States
America and Italy.
Agreed upon between John A. Kasson, Esq Ia
vested with social Powers to this End, IN
i Signor Commander Don Giovanni Baroavara
Director General Of Posts in Italy, by virtue
his full Powers, in order to establish q reyua
Exchange of Correspondence between the Unite
| States OF America and Italy.
| ARTICLE l. There shall be q regular exchang
Of correspondence in closed mails between tn
Post Del artment of the United STAGES and Pos
department If Italy upon the conditions set fortl
| in the 70 lowing articles:-
ARTIcLE IL. The exchange Of mails shall b
ef-c ed by means of the transatla tic steamers anG
of the in ermediare rute. of transit upon which
| the two postal administrations stal hereafter
agree: or, in the absence of such an agreement.
each postal administration shall designate the
steamers aud the route of transit by which 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
LIST. New York.
ID. Boston.
On the part of Italy, are
LIST. The travelling office from Turin to Susa,
when the transit is by the way OF France and
England.
ID. The travelling office from Milan to Gamer
a.
dine when the transit is by way Of Germany and
Switzerland
The Post D. psrtment. Of the United States and
of IfaIy whenever they shall find it necessary,
NAV agree upon other offices of exchange
ARTICLE " The following articles shall be
admitted into the ais exchanged between the
two countries 10 wit: ~ ordinary letters; q
Registered letters: ~ documents OF business ana
other written documents which have not the char
acter Of a direct personal correspondence Cor
o,.l .app,,leS Il merchandise including
grains and s-eds, and rot having mercantile
value in themsel es; ~ Newspapers and prints of
all kinds in sheets. in pamphlets. and in b 'oEs'
sheets of music, engravtngs, Autographs, rhoto-
gri h., drawing, m ps ana plans
ARTIc V. The weight each packet OF sam
pies of merchandise shall not exceed 500 grammes
The ght OF any packet of maliabie articles
shall not exceed2 900 Grammes: and the form 81
the packet shall be- regulated by the practice OF
the despatchng depar meut.
ARTICLE VI All mailtbe articles. exf ept let
ters shall be 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-
Cresson for the gle rate of postage upon all ar
ticles enumerated in Article ". Of this convention
are established AS follows: Q) For letters. Is
o. For documentary manuscripts not
having the character Of direct personal CORE
spondence fer corrected proofs, and for samples OF
merchandise 40 grammes; t3) newspapers and
prints of all kinds embracing all maiiable articles
not otherwise assigned the standard shall not be
less than 10 gramfnes in Italy, or one ounce AMI a
halt in the United States; bat each post depart
nent may establish a higher standard weight of
progression adapted to its interior requirements |
Tor articles of this class which it dispatches.
ARTICLE VIII. The prepayment Of p age upon |
ordinary letters exchange between the United
states and Italy shall be opt onal; but letters not
prepaid or insuficiently prepaid, shall be charged
n the county of de tination with an extra rate of
c nts IL the United states and of 30 centimes in
tally The prepayment of postage upon all other
rtcies including registered letters, shall he COM
,ulsorv; and when they shall be in no part pre-
aid they shall not he dispatched; but IN such |
ase the, shall be, if practicable, restored to the
eDder
ARTICLE TX. The articles under hand, which
hall lie in part prepaid shall be forwarded to their
destination: but they shall be charged there with
vice the amount of the difference between the
ate due and the sum actually prepaid
ARTICLE The international rate Of postage
lpon the correspondence exchanged between the
wo countries is based upon the following ele-
nents, to wit: a. The interior rate of the United
tates; t2t The interior rate Of Italy; Is The
maritime rate; a. The intermediate transit rate;
nd any reduction which either country may OBJ
ain from the existing maritime and transit charges
hall Inure to the benefit of the people Of the two
ountrie- BY a corresponding reduction Of the in
irrational rates of postage established in the fol-
wing article soon as the two departments shall
ave adjusted the amount.
ARTICLE Nj The international rates. combined
the elements above mentioned. and applicable
each standard Of progression for the several
asses of mailable articles are established As fol
TVS to Wit: a. For ordinary letters ~ cents Ill
ne United States and ! franc in Italy; (2l For
agistered letters, in addition TO the ordinary pre-
aid rate an extra charge Of 10 cents in the United
tai es and of so centimes in Italy; t3) For docu-
lentary manuscripts. corrected proofs, and sam
les Of me chand-e 20 cents in the Uni ed States
nd franc in Italy; a. For journals and all other
rints. embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ted the standard single rate shall be fixed by the
espatching department. limited, nevertheless, by
lie maximum rate of cents in the United states
nd of Is centimes in Italy. 4
ARTICLE XII. Of the combined rate Of inter-
4tionaI letter postage hereby established, three
,nts represents the interier single rate Of the :
ngle rate of Italy. The remainder Of the com S
ned rate is assigned to the payment of the cost
sea conveyance and Of intermediate transit, by
hatever route the mails may be conveyed ii
Article XIII. Articles under band described a
the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ". I
this convention may be registered in either C
untry for despatch to the other, upon payment I
the registration fee of ten cents in the United r
ates and If fifty confines in Italy, in addition I
the prepayment of the regular postage. O
ARTICLE XIV. In order to simplify postal ac- fl
unts between the departments much as pos
bic. and to prepare the way for their ultimate o
edition. each Post Department shall retain to its s.
IN use al the postal and charges which il p
ali collect. whether by virtue of prepayment or s.
ST payment: and each department shall pay the "
ST Of conveyance of tie mall which II dispatches
the frontier Of the country of destination.
is also ec,lly provided that the cost Of inter
ediate ocean and land conveyance of the closed r;
ais shall be first defraye, by that one OF the 81
% departments which shall have obtained from lie
e int ermediaries the most favorable pecuniaiy II
nditions of such conveyance: and any amount p
paid by department for account OF the other lie
al b. reimbursed. ei
A RTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all ST
,ilabe articles addressed from country to the VI