The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-30
An Important Postal Order.

An Important Postal Order.
The following important order was signed by
the Postmaster General yesterday, and will be
issued BY circular to all Postmasters tomorrow :
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
9aN Washington, May 8, 1875. (
The treaty concerning the formation Of Gen.
eral Postal Union, concluded at Berne, Oct. 9,
1874. between the United States Of America, Ger
mani, Austro- Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
Egypt, Spain, France, Great Britain,
Greece, s Italy, Luxembourg, Norway,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Roumania,
Rrssia. Eervia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey,
having been duly ratified by the United States
on the 9Th OF March, 1875, and the notifications
thereof by the several contracting States having
been duly exchanged at Berne, Switzerland, on
the Sd of May, 1875, it is hereby ordered that the
uniform rates of postage to be levied and col
lected in the United States on correspondence to
and from the whole extent Of the Postal Union,
embracing the above named countries, without
distinction, shall be as follows: -
A. For prepaid letters. 10 cents per u
grammes. .~nai. gtaa .lal9 n
B. For unpaid etters, 10 cents per Il
grammes. shhi.iel5 4as''a1I A'.1A
C. For postal cards, 2 cents each
| D. For newspapers, if not over ounces II
weight, 2 cents each. mso ssnN6$.s sA~
| e. For other printed matter, samples OF mer
chandise, and all articles, other than newspapers
enumerated in article of the treaty, cents pei
| ca CHI weight of 2 ounces or fraction thereof.
F. For the registration fec on all correspond
! ence, cents.
G. No fee will be charged for return receip
| in cases where receipt from the addressed il
requested. s.... 4t la'
Il, No additional tax will be collected in the
United States on the correspondence forwarded
| within the Union by sea on routes OF more thar
800 nautical miles in length. ya
+! /. AS regards the amounts to be paid for thu
territorial transit according 70 article 10 Of thu
treaty, the United States claims for herself
whenever the right of transit guaranteed by tina
article is exercised, (even as regards her transit
| lines Of over $50 kilometres, and excepting onl.
her great overland railway lines between tn
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, expressly reservet
AZ continuing to form the object of special ar
engagements with the post Offices interested) tn
minimum rate OF francs per hlogramme o
letters. and IS centimes per kilogramme OF print
ed matter, ETC., and is ready by increasing tn
transit rates, as permitted, to francs and s
confines respectively, to meet the wishes
those Departments of the Union which make tn
same declaration in regard to the United State
transit correspondence.
K The freedom of transit Of correspondents
in closed malls recprocally granted in the exist
ing Postal Convention between the United State
and Switzerland, will be maintained.
L. The Union rates of postage hereinbefor
prescribed will be levied and collected on an
after July l, 1875, on the correspondence to an
from all the contracting States except France
and on and after January 1, 1875, on the corr
spondence to and from France.
MARSHALL JEWELL,
Postmaster General.