The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-02-12
Postal Convention betW~en the United States Of
America and Italy.
ARTICLES

| ARTICLES
Aor.ed u,on between Jahn A. Kasson ESQ in
vested with . ecial Powe to this End. an
Slxpor Commander Dun Giovanni BarbavAra
Director General If Posts in Italy, by virtue q
his fuIl Powers, in order {" establish rexuia
Exchange If Correspondence between the Cnlte
States Of America and Italy.
ARTICLE L There shall be = regular exchane
Of correspondence in closed mails betw en- tn
| Pcs, De artment of the United STATES and Pos
i'epa tm-nt # Italy, upon the conditions set for'l
| in the f. lowing articles:-
| sAR,IcL. IL. The exchange Of mails shall b'
-ffc ed by means Of the transata TIC steamers a'e
| of the in e,mediaie ute- of transit npon wh'ct
tie tive postal administrations stan hereafter
agree: or, in the absence al such an agreement.
etcn postal administration shall designate tn.
sic tmers aud The route OF transit by ~hich the
mails which it Dispatches shall be c'nveye'.
ARTICLE III The off -es for tue exchange of
mails the part Of the United States. are
LIST New York
ID. ston
On the part Of Italy, a,e-
lst. TIE travelling office from Turin TO susa,
when the transit is by the way o. Frame and
England.
ID The travelling Office from Milan TO Gamer
lsta. or the fr.velli office fr IN AFRO TO Maga-
line, when the transit is by way Of Germany and
Switzerland
The P,et D putment. of the Unit d States and
may ag ee upon ,ther uInces of exchange
ARTICLE " The flllowing articles shall be
admitted into the m ills exchanged between The
Two countries to wit: ~ ordinary iett-rs' %
Registered I. tiers: 81 documents uf business an :
u he wit en- documents which have not the char
,rter If "A direct personal correspondence. or
rected pr,Hfs, samples "f nv rchamdse Intending
ans and ed, and ct Ii wing a me c'niil-
yslue thrnlsel es; ~ New-ihPers and prints OF
al kinds in sheets. it, ismphles. and IN ok;
}, If
cr ~ h.. drawing, M ps, ana plas
ATTIC V. The weight Zach pack~t Of sam
pies 81 merchandise shall not exceed 80 graihieS
Tie weight OF an, ui h rpacket mtil bic article
shalt moi ey re.-d 1900 gfammes: and the form of
the pocket shall H. rezuli ed by the practice oil
the DIES atcting depar ment.
ARTICLE VI II mail bic articles, ex ept let
tie : shall he u der band, or 80 enclNed thar
postal agents in both Countries may readily Fefliy
the con enr- at the packet
aRlcLE VII The It .ndard weight and pro
gr~s-iun the sin rat OF postage upon MI rr
roies ated in Art Gle " OF tins c'nvrntr n
are eta Ii-h. as follow: ~ t"r letters 10
gIamme>; y For ocumeurny manuscripts n
having the character nj a d ret pers nal co
spor.I erce fer corrected p.nnis and for samples Of
III rchandi-e ~ grannI :: ~ for nrw-taprrs auh
prints Of ali kinds, em racing all u'i!aeie artlel Is
MT otherwi assign Il. The STANDARD shall not be
less than ~ ranImes in Italy, OF one ice AMI
hall in the Un,-ed tales; but each post depart
fneut NAV e,tablis h higher standard weight OF
n
Tor articles # this class which il de- pafchs-.
ARTICLE VIII The rrerayu ent Of p age upon
let ers ex, hang betwe'n the United
States and Italy shall he opt onal; but letters NOV
prepaid. nsuffcenIly prepaid, sh,l, be charged
IN the county of de tiaton with an -Xtra rate u
c mt. the United states and of 30 ceutimes in !
Italy The prepayment IF postage upon all other |
,rt cIes including registered etIers hall be CON-
,ulsry; and when they h II be in M part pre- |
yaid they shall not be dispatched: but in such |
Sc the, shall be, if practicable, Restored - the
,ender
.RrIcLE TX The articles under sand, which |
hall te in part IreIaid srsH be forwarded to ther
destination; but they shall be charged there with
w. &c the amount Of the difFere CO between the |
xte due anil the sum actually prrpaid.
ARTICLE Y The international rate Of postage |
ip"n the correspondence exchang d b~tween the
wo coun ries is based upon the following eIe-
henrs, to wit: ~ The interior rate Of tho United
.tat.s; % The interior rate If Italy; Is The
mar time rate; ~ The intermediate transit r't~;
mi any reduction which either country may Oh
ain from the existing maritime ard transit charges
hall muir to the benefit of the penpe Of the two
cunt, les by n corresponding reduction Of the in
ernational rates Of stage -stabl shed in the fol-
,wing article sol the two depart urents shall |
ave ,dJust-d the amount.
ARTICLE Nj. The international rates. combined
I the elem nts alb We mentioned. and applicable
o each standa d oe progression for the several
lsss-s of maiiab BILE articles established rs fol
rvs g.. ~It: ~ For ordinary letters 20 cents in
he I'm ted States and l franc in Italy; e FIR
egistered letters. in addition to the ordinary pro-
aid ate AN e1tr charge of 10 cests in the United
ia es and Of 80 Confines in Italy; 81 For docu-
nentary manu-c scripts rrected p s, and sam
lie. of me chsndi-e. % cents in the Uni ed States
nd franc Italy; ~ For journals and ali ot er
rints embracing articles not otherwise enumer-
ted the standard -iDsl- rate shall be fixed by the
-spatci ing de par ment limited everthrless, by
be maximum ia Of cents in the United states
nd 81 Is entimes N italy.
ARTICLE Y I. If the combined rate Of inter-
.tion Il letter postage hereby established, three
.nts represents the inreri-r single rate # the
niiei States. and fifteen Confines the interior
ingle rate of Italy. The remainder of the com /.
inei rate is assigned Ia the payment of the cost
sea C. nv-y ance and # intermediate transit, by
hafever ute tn. mails may be c'nveyed.
ARTIc XIII Articles under band described a
the third and fourth paragraphs of Article ~.
this convention may be registered IN either c
,un;ry r despatch To The other, upon payment
The egistratiou fee Of ten cents in The United
afe> and # fifty centime- in Italy, in addition
thu prepayment If the regular postage. 10
ARTICLE NV. In order to simplify postal &C +
UNITS tween the departments as much ss pos
BILE, and to prepare the way for their u timafe o
,oliton each Post Department shall retain to its $
vn use a the postal ra'es and charges which il y
ALI collect whether by virtue # prepayment or .
ST ~, ment; and each department shall pay the "
st Of convey ance Of II nil hch it dispatches 4
the frontier Of the country of destination.
is also especi y provided that the cost of utter
ediate ncean and land Conveyance of the Closed II
a Is shall be first DERIVED by that one of the $
10 dep ,rtments which shall have obtained fir IN IL
e in erm-d'aries the MIST favorable pecunitry II
ndifi,Iis of such conyeya, ce; and any amount p
paid by one department for account OF the other u
all b reimbursed. e
ARTICLE XIV. 1t is distinctly agreed that all 81
allah icles addressed from one country TO the v
her shall BE- exempt in the country Of de>tiria- %
IN from ary rate Or f.e uh,tever beyond the ol
arg-s established by the convention.
AtTI LIE XVI Correspondence exclusively re- f.