The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-04-29
disc; dry articles of merchandise

disc; dry articles of merchandise
sample or not); sample cards,
Photographic paper, letter envel
opes, postal envelopes, and wrap
pers, plain and ornamental paper,
photographs, and all other aTti-
cles for which other rates of post
age are not prescribed in this
table, and which are not by law
excluded from the mails, ] cent
for each two ounces or traction
thereof, weight of packages limit
ed to four pounds. On unsealed
circulars, newspapers whether
transient or addressed to regular
misunderstanding weekly pa
pers, which may be mailed to
subscribers on prepayment of
postage at second class rates and
on periodicals not exceeding two
ounces in weight, when any OF the
same are deposited IN letter-car-
rier Office for delivery by the Of
fee or it's carriers, 1 cent each.
On periodicals exceeding two
ounces in weight when deposited
in leetter-carrier office for de-
livery by the office or its carrier,
2 cents each.
POSTAL. CARDS
may be procured at any post-office,
at cost of cent each. The mes,
sage, ETC., must be always written
on the back of the card. If any
thing but the address is written
on the face, letter postage must be
paid by stamps, or the card will
not be forwarded. Nothing what
ever must be attached to the card.
Postal cards will be forwarded
from one Office to another, in case
of removal Of the person address
ed, but will in no case be return
ed to writer, nor sent to Dead
Letter Office, nor advertised.
DOMESTIC MONEY ORDERS
are issued at any money-ordes
post-ofiice in the United Stathea
payable at any other noney-order
post Office, in sums of not more
than fifty dollars. Larger amounts
can be sent to the same person by
additional orders. RATES: On
orders not exceeding SO, 8 cents;
over $40 and exceeding $40, 10
cents; over 800 and not exceed
ing $50 15 cents; over $50 and
not exceeding $40, 20 cents; over
$40 and not exceeding $50, %
cents.
FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS.
/ At the principal money order
1 post.offices in the United States
INCLUDING all the larger post
offices), money orders, payable at
money-order post Offices in Great
Britain, Ireland, and Switzerland,
may be- procured at the following
rates: On orders not exceeding
/ $40 25 cents; over $40 and not ex
ceeding $50, 90 cents; over 500
and not exceeding $50, Is cents;
over $50 and not exceeding $40,
i 81; over $40 and not exceeding
j $50, $1.25. Orders can also be
obtained on Germany at the fol
lowing rates: On orders not ex
ceeding So, 10 cents; over $5 and
not exceeding $40, % cents; ovel
$40 and not exceeding $40, &c
cents; over 800 and not exceeding
4 $50, IS cents; over $50 and moi
exceeding $40, 81; over $40 and
not exceeding 500, slips.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
: ALI letters remaining uncalleG
; for thirty days in a post-offics
after being advertised, are sent t,
the Dead Letter Office, except let
, tiers bearinga request to return t.
: the writer if.not called for within
a specified time, and letters bear
ing the name and address Of th'
writer on the outside. Such lei
tiers are returned direct to th
writer's without advertising. Th
r use Of ssrequestn envelopes is r.
f commended to the public.
|
0 FORWARDING LETTERS FREE.
T Prepaid and free letters are fol
! warded from one p0st-office t
another, at the request OF the pei
! sons addressed, without addition
) al postage. But a letter whicl
g has been once delivered to an al
! thorized person can not be renal
/ ed to new address without th
9 prepayment Of additional postage
{ Drop letters, when forwarded b
q mail to another pOst-office, mus
9 be prepaid at three cents per hal
n