Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-07-02
FOREIGN POSTAGE.

FOREIGN POSTAGE.
On and after July lst, 1875, uni
form rates of postage will be levied
and collected in the United States on
correspondence to and from the fol-
lowing countries constituting. with
the United States, the General Postal
Union formed by the Treaty OF Berne,
viz: Germany, Austria, Hungary,
Belgium, Denmark, Gncluding lee
land and the Farce Islands,) Egypt,
Spain, Gncluding the Balearic Isles,
the Canary Islands, the Spanish pos
sessions on the Northern coast of AT
RIGA, and the postal establishments of
Spain upon the western coast of Mo-
rocco,) Great Britain, including the
island of Malta,) Greece, Italy, Lux
emburg, Norway, the Netherlands,
Portugal, (including the island of Ma
deria and the Azores), Roumania,
Russia, (ncluding the Grand Duchy
of Finland, Servia, Sweden, Switzer-
land and Turkey. These rates are as
follows, viz:
For prepaid letters, 5 cents per fif-
teen grammes, & ounce.)
For unpaid letters received, 10
cents per fifteen grammes, ouncc.)
For postal cards, 2 cents each.
For newspapers, if not over four
ounces in weight, cents each.
For books, other printed matter,
patterns of merchandise, legal and
commercial documents, pamphlets,
music, visiting cards, photographs,
catalogues, prospectuses, announce
ments and notices of various kinds,
whether printed, engraved or litho-
graphed, : cents per each weight OF
two ounces OF fraction of two ounces.
For the registration fee Oh all cor
respondence, cents.
No fee will be charged on return
receipts for registered articles in
cases where such receipts are request
ed.
The same rates of Union postage
will be levied and collected in the
United States on correspondence to
and from France OH and after Janua-
ry |, 1876. In the mean time, the
existing Postal Convention with
France will lie collected on the cor
respondence exchanged with France.
The prepayment of letters is OPP
tional, but unpaid letters will be
charged in the country of destination
with double the rate levied on pre-
paid letters. The prepayment of
postal cards, registered articles, news
papers and other printed papers is
compulsory.
Prepayment of postage of every de
scription of article, can be effected
only by means of postage stamps or
stamped envelopes valid i'll the coun-
try of origin.
Newspapers and other printed pa
pers unpaid or insufficiently prepaid
cannot be forwarded. Other articles
when unpaid or insutficiently paid
will be charged as unpaid letters, af-
ter deducting the value of the stamp
ed envelopes or postage stamps en-
ployed.
No additional postage will be
charged for the rc-transmission OF
postal articles within the interior of
the Union; but in case an article
which has only passed through the
inland service of one of the countries
of the Union should, by being re-di-
rected, enter into the inland service
of another country of the Union, the
post office of the country Of destina-
ton will add its inland rate.
Official correspondence relative to
the postal service is exempt from pos
tage. With this exception, no frank
ing or reduction of postage is allow
ed.
Not only letters, but legal and
commercial documents, patterns of
merchandise, newspapers, stitched or
bound books, pamphlets, music, Wis
iting cards, photographs, catalogues,
prospectuses, announcements and no.
tices of various kinds may be regis
tered, and the postage payable on
registered articles is the same as that
on articles not registered.
The maximum weight for patterns
of merchandise is fixed at 25O
grammes, (sa ounces,) and the maxi
mum weight of other articles, Except
letters) is 1000 grammes, e pounds,
three ounces.
APPLICATION OF THE STAMPS.
CORRESPONDENCE Of every kind must
be stamped, on the upper part of the
address, with stamp indicating the
place of origin and the date Of post
ing. Unpaid or insutficiently paid
correspondence must in addition be
impressed with the stamp ct" tax
to be paid,) the application of which
will devolvc upon the exchange office
of the country of origin. Every
postal packet which does not bear the
stamp '''r'' will be considered as paid
to destination and treated according
ly.
NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTED PAPERS
CONDITIONS AS TO FORM, &C.
Books, newspapers, printed papers
and other similar articles must be
placed under bands orin an envelope
open, or simply folded SO as to admit
Of their being easily examined, and,
except in the following particulars,
they must not contain no MS. writing,
figure or mark whatever.
Proofs of printing or music may
bear corrections made with the pen
relating exclusively to the text or to
the execution of the work. 1t shall
be allowable to annex MS. to them.