The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-02-04
PosaiNote.

prepaid,
The postage on a pair of boots
would be At tie rate Of one centan
odrce.
No valuable package shopldsver
be mailed snless IL Is Registered,
Don't forget this.
Tea coffee, sugar and kindred
articles can be mailed az the rate
ofone cent an ounce.
Clothing isclassed as merchandise,
and can be mailed only at a rate Of
one cent an ounce.
Insurance policies, whether can.
cled or not, are iifstclass matter IL
they contain any writing.
A book presented for mailing
with a letter attached to II would
subject the entire matter to letter
rates.
Wedding cake can only be mail
ed when packed in a tin or wooden
box. Confectioneries the same.
Send no cash money by mail.
1t is much Fafer and cheaperin the
long run TO buy a money.order or
postal note.
Animals, reptiles, live or dead,
not stuffed insects, except queen
bees when safely secured are ex
cluded from the mails.
Matter Enclosed in a sealed enyel.
ope, though the corner may be cut
or the end notched is subject TO
letter rates.
Liquids, poisOns, explosive and
inaammable articles are not re.
celred for mailing, no matter how
carefully wrapped.
Ifyou wanted to send a suit of
clothes by mail which weighed six
pounds, you would have to make
two packages Of it,
Albums, photographic and auto.
graphic, are clasSed us merchandise,
and postage is charged at the rate
Of one cent an ounce.
An unclaimed postal card is not
returned to the writer even though
his address is given upon it, but is
semitic the Dead letter Office.
NoLhin is received for mailing
that weighs over four pounds, ex.
cept in case of a single book, as for
example, a bible, dictionary, or
history.
Samples of ores, metals, miner.
ais, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, nuts, &c,
arc also classed as merchandise, and
postage charged at Que cent an
ounce.
Letter heads, bill heads and en-
'yriUpvr, tlauk Or printed, az.
charged asmorchandise and postage
must be paid at the rate ofone cent
an ounce,
A postal card is not mailable
with any writing or printing on
the address side, except the address,
nor with anything pasted or pinn.
ed 10 the other side.
Ever business man should use
return request envelopes on all
correspondence. Ifeverybody used
them the Dead letter Office would
soon wind up its business.
Third and fourth claps matter
can be mailed in the Same package,
providing it does not exceed four
pounds in weight, but it subjects
the entire package to fourth,class
rates.
Don't forget that all parcels do.
posted for mailing must be 50
wrapped that il can be examined
without destroying the wrapper,
Otherwise letter rates Of postage
are charged.
The Dead.letter Office is mon.
ument to the carlessness and stu.
pidity Of the American people.
The average number of letters re.
|
ceived there daily is about ffteu
thousand.
Ribbons, pocket handkerchiefs,
necktiss, gloves, laces, embroider
les, dress patterns, corsets, samples
Of calico or silks and hosiery, are
rated as fourth.class, and postage
is charge at one cen! an ounce.
In making a present of a book, it
is permissible to write an iuscrip.
ton or dedication upon the cover
or one of the blank leaves, but
must not CONTAIN onyth;nr tk,,