The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-05
ARTICLES

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, and
SIgnor Commander Don Giovanni Barbavara,
Director General If Posts in Italy. by virtue OF
his full Powers, in order to establish . regular
Exchange of Correspondence between the United
States Of America and Italy.
ARTICLE 1. There shall be . regular exchange
Of correspondence in closed mails between the
Post Department Of the United States and Post
Department Of Italy. upon the conditions set forth
In the following arficles:-
ARTICLE H. The exchange Of mails shall be
ef-c ed by means Of the transatlantic and
the two postal administrations ST all 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 Ill 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 ofhce from Turin to susa,
when the transit is BY the way OF France and
England.
I'd. The travelling ofice from Milan to Gamer
lata, or the travelling office from Arora to Maya
dina, when the transit is by way Of Germany and
Switzerland
The Poet 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, to wit: a. ordinary letters: 81
Registered letters; 90 documents Of business and
other written documents which have not the char
aeter Of direct personal correspondence, cor-
rected proofs, samples Of merchandise, including
grains and seeds, and bot having q mercantile
value in themsel es; ~ Newspaper and prints of
all Kinds. in sheets. in pamphlets, and in .oks;
sheets of music engravngs, lithographs, photo
graz hs drawing, m ,ps, ana plans.
AhIIC' Z v. The weight each packet Of sam
Piles of merchandise shall not exceed 500 grammes.
The weight OF any her pack # maiable articles
shall not exceed 1000 grammes: and the form Of
the packet shall b. regulated by the practice Of
the deslatching depar meBt.
Article vi All mail bic articles. except let
fers shall he sent under band, SO enclosed that
postal agents in both Countries may readily verify
the contents of the packet
ARTICLE VII The standard weight and pro-
erosion the sin gle rate of postage upon sli
cles enumei ated in Article ~. Of this convention
ire established As follows: ~ For letters. Is
e. For documentary manuscripts net
,aviug the character OF a direct personal CORE
poudence. fer corrected p oos. and for samples Of
merchandise 40 gramn,s: ~ tOrnewslAp+rs and
rints of sI kinds embracing all 1ailable articles
rot otherwi-e Assigned. the standard shall not be
ees than - srsmn,es in Italy, or one ounce and
ah in the United states; bat each post depart
nent may establish = higher standard weight Of |
Fogression adapted to Its fnferi'r requirements !
Dr articles Of this class which il derpatchss.