The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-05-13
Rates Of Postage.

All domestic mail matter mustl
be prepaid by postage-stamps.
There Is no ranking privileges
and no ssfree' mail matter except
sHhwspapers lone COPE eacl)i sent
fby subscribers within tue County
Where published, and delliIyerled
through letter carrier Offices. AL
/ Yetters received III the Office with
stamps c,itlfrom stamped envel
lopes, Ofiwith such posta stamps
|las wele,in use prior to 1861, or
with revenue stamps on them, are
treated asssunmaaable,. and sent
lt9tthe, Dead LETTER Office. Depart
mental lpostage.is prepaid by spe-
Fcial stamps, prepaid and furnished
I by the Post Office Department.
Letters deposited in city lamp
| post boxes must have the. repuisi-
bic humber of stamps before ,plac-
Ting them therein. Depositing
money In the boxes does not in
sure their being prepaid. News
papers are not taken at city lamp
post boxes. A letser on which
one full rate of postage is prepaid,
but on which further postage is
chargeable, will be forwarded,
i when deposited in a post office,
| and the deficient postage at single
rates collected on delivery. Ii the
4 postage is left wholly unpaid, or
| is prepaid less. than one full rate,
| it viii be "held for postage and
sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Should it reach its destination by
j inadvertanee, however, it viii be
4 charged with double postage on
rdeIivery, with allowance Of any
amount less than one full rate
which has been prepaid thereon.
sOhe full rate1 means, in the case
Itof mail letters three cents. All
matter other than letters, must.be
| fully prepaid, or it will not be
forwarded except possibly. by. in
advertence, III which double post
age will be collected on it's delive
~. The following are the rates
payable on the different classes o.
domestic mail matter: 80 s
FIRST CLASS.
Or, letters, sealed packa ges mai
matter wholly Of partly il writing ii! 4
i(except book manuscripts anG
corrected proof. sheets passing be
tween authors and publishers, ani
except local or ''drnp" letters); OF
all printed matter so marked as Il
convey any other or further infor
nation than is conveyed by tn,
original print Except the correc
!. ton Of typographical errorsl; ol
all matter not otherwise charged
BILE with letter postage, but whlcl
is so wrapped or secured that i
can not be conveniently examined
by postmasters without destroy
ing the wrapper or envelope; Of
all newspapers, magazines, AM
periodicals sent from publisher
to subscribers and inclosing an,
article whatever except bonafid
!. supplements or bills and receipt
for subscription; and on all pack
ages of matter not in itself charge
! able with letter postage, but il
!, which is inclosed or concealed an,
s letter or other thing chargeabl
: with letter postage, 3 cents TO
each half ounce or fraction Thereof
, Weight Of packages limited to fon
poutfds. On local Or ssdropn lei
: ters,, at offices Where free deliver
j BY carriers is established, 2 cent
= for each half ounce or ffactio
theIeof, weight of packages limi
ed to, four pounds. On local {
!, ssdrop'l letters at Office whereifre
delivery by carriers is not estal
q lished, i cent per half ounce (
!, fraction thereof, weight of pack;
g ges limited to four pounds.
:, SECOND CLASS.
1 !
II On newspapers Sent to reguls
ed subscribersfr from known Office
publication, or by newsdealers
other newsdealers, 2. cents p,
= pound. On magazines and pei
olicals sent to regular subscribe
from a known Office of publication
- or by newsdealers to other. new
n dealers 3 cents per pound. Thes
rates are payable by the publish
or newsdealer at The Office of ma
ing, and at the time the matter
g depositedin the postlofice. Pot
q age on printed matter to Canal
aud other British NorthlAmerica
Provinces. can be, peepaid only
the boundary. line-the rates. /
ing the same as on domestic ms
ter of the same kind. es3