The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-13
Table of Rates Of Domestic Postage.

Table Of Rates Of Domestic Postage.
The following are the rates Of postage on Do
mestic Mail Matter of the different classes:
Note-An domestic mail matter Except news.
papers, magazines and periodicals sent to actua
subscribers from known Office Of publication,
must be prepaid by postage stamps.
A letter on which one full rate OF postage il
prepaid but on which further postage is charge.
able, will be forwarded, when deposited in 9
post-office, charged with the unpaid postage to
be collected on delivery. II the postage is left
wholly unpaid. or is prepaid less than one full
rate, it will be held for postage and sent to the
Dead Letter Office. Should it reach its destina.
ton by inadvertence, however, it will be charged
with double postage on delivery. s'One full
rate" means, in the case OF mail letters or other
first class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts Of large
population, having two or more post-Ofices with
in distance OF three miles of each other any let
ter poeted at one ofsuch Offices, and addressed to
locality within the delivery OF another Of such
offices, which shall have been inadvertently pre-
paid at the 'drop" or local letter rate of postage
only may be forwarded to its destination through
the proper Office charged with the amount of the
deficient postage, to be collected on delivery.
Ii articles chargeable with different rates OF
postage are sent together in one package, the
higher rate must be paid on the entire package;
but two or more different articles, both charge
able with the same rate Of postage, may be sent
in one package on payment Of that rate on the
whole package.
The following articles are excluded from the
mails Liquids, Poisons, Glass, Explosive Ma
terials. Books, Pamphlets, Pictures and other
publications of an obscene or indecent character;
all letters upon the envelopes Of which, and pos
tai cards upon which, scurrilous epithets are
written or printed or engraved, or disloyal de-
vices printed or engraved and all articles which
from their form or nature are liable to destroy,
deface or injure the contents OF mail bags or the
person OF any one engaged IN the postal service.
ale 1e ~. ,,,a; It'll III Il
pos.ase' Jul ~ uo @ 49, ...;a "AA'AA =" -
pcs'aso quo 'n01oo A"0 O00A p"'1'
First Class.
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On letters, sealed packages, mail matter wholly
or partly IN writing except Dook manuscrlpts
aIu coIISctou PiVol-enooso P"ceIuS p0S"ee1 gu ;,
tnors ana puonsners, anu eAceP1 locaI u uroP
letters on an printed matter 80 MarAed as 70
conveyed ~ the Original print except the cor
recuon Oh !ypoglapmGai errors on an maiter
NOT 0tnerwlse charseapie WIN letteI postage, Dut
Whlcn y, SO Wrapped OF securea tnat II cannot Dc
conveniently convenient examined Dy p os1tmasters, Mlsnont
oestroyns tne wrapper VI enyeiGpe on az news
papers magazines ana Perloucals sent rom pup
llshers TO SUBSCRIBERS ana ncloslng any artcie
whateve!, except oona nae supplements or Dlils
ana lecelpts Ior suDscIlpIions, anu On az PACK
ages or matter not in itself with letter
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any letter or other thnS cnargeaole with let!er
Postage-o Genus 1or eac1 nan ounce OF Iracslon
tnereol-Welsnt Oh PACKAGES umlted 10 Iour
ponnos.
80. IN 1Saa OF arop se;seas, , ~ GGes ~net t
nee aenyery ~ carriers Is es.aDhsne t Genus
lor eain NAL ounSe " nacuon .noieoA-"eiSn'
Oh passages lluiits s " iouI pounus'
IN Local OF crop .e'ters, ~ s Gmces waere
lree aenSeIy Dy Carriers u not t .
cent PEI nan ounce q Iracdon .nereo1-welSnt
u paCk8k06 l1ulltcO W lOUI pOuuU6s
Second Class.
NoTE.-Mailable matter of this class embraces
all newspapers magazines and periodicals ex-
clus,vely in pint and regularly issued at stated
periods from known Office OF publication, and
addressed to regular subscribers.
PREPAYMENT.
Sec. 5. That on and after the LIST day OF Janu-
airy, 1875, on all newspapers and periodical pub.
LEGATIONS mailed from a known Office o. publica
ton or news agency, and addressed to regular
charged at the following rates: On newspapers
and periodical publications, issued weekly and
Oftener, two cents pound and fraction thereof
less frequently three cents pound and fraction
thereof; Provided, That nothing IN this act shall
be held to change or amend section SO OF the act
entitled, San act to revise, consolidate, and
amend the statutes relating to the Post-Office
Department" approved June 9Th, 1877.
Sec. 6. That on and after the LIST day OF Janu-
airy, 1875, upon the receipt OF such newspapers
0uO pACAANSploAAo sV OAAASC VI AA"AA
ing, they shall be weighed in bulk, and postage
paid thereon BY special adhesive stamp, to be
devised and ful lished by the Postmaster Gen
eral, which shall be affixed to such matter or to
the sack containing the same, or upon memo
randum of such mailing, or otherwise, as the
Postmaster General may, from time to time,
provide by regulation.
Sec. Z. That newspapers, one copy to each
actual subscriber residing within the county
where the same are printed in whole or in part,
and published, shall go free through the mails
but the same shall not be delivered at letter
carrier offices or distributed by carriers unless
postage il paid thereon SIS by law provided.
Third Glass.
NorE.-Packages of mailable matter of this
class must be prepaid by stamps, and must not
exceed the weight prescribed by law (which is
fonr nomndsl. Paekares exceeding the pre-
All matter Of the third class must be fully pre-
paid.
On pamphlets, occasional puDnSeatons;a iran
SEM newspaPers, shaet 1s anu crc
ars hook manmscrints and proof
sheets. printed cards. maps, autographs, prints.