The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
RATES OF POSTAGE.

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Letters, prepaid by stamps. 2 cts.
each OF. or traction thereof, to all parts
of the United States forwarded to an
Iother post-otfice without charge, on re-
quest OF the person addressed before
delivery: if not called for, returned to
the writer free, If indorsed with that
request; also postal cards. If the
stamp is omitted, the letter is forward
led to the dead-letter office to be re
turned to the writer, unless the en-
velope gives his address. For register
ing letters 10 cts. additional. Drop OF
local letters, ct. each or. prepaid 2
cts. in cities with carriers. Govern
ment postal cards, ct. each; it any
thing except address is pasted on a
postal card, letter postage is charged.
For 10 cts. additional, immediate de-
livery Of any letter in places designated
| by the Department.
SECoND-CLAss MATTER. Postage
on all newspapers and periodicals sent
| to any part Of the United to subscriD-
ers must be prepaid at the office Of
mailing. Transient second-class mat
1 ter / cent each four ounces, or part.
| THIRD-CLAss MATTER. On books,
unsealed publications for advertising
purposes, or at nominal rates, clrcu-
lars, proofsheets with copy, commercial
blanks, photos, etc, the postage is one
cent for every two ounces or fractional
part. They must contain no written
! information.
FOURTH-CLAss MATTER. - On all
blank cards or envelopes, seeds, cut
tings, bulbs, drawings, samples Of
merchandise, etc, the postage is one
cent for each ounce. The sender Of
any article of third or fourth class may
write his name or address within or on
| the outside, with the word from, 7 or
may write or print on any package the
number and names of the articles en-
closed. The weight of any article of
these classes, a single book excepted, is
| limited to pounds, and it must be so
wrapped that the contents may be ex-
amined without mutilating the wrap
per.
Liquids, poisons, explosive or in
Hammable matter, indecencies, lottery
and false pretence matters, are exclud-
ed from the mails.
MONEY can be sent with safety
through the principal post Offices Of the
United States by buying .'P. 0. Money
Orders" fees, for $40 or less, 8 cts;
$40 to SIS, 10 cts; $15 to $50, Is cts;
$50 to $40, 20 cts; $40 to $50. Is cts. /;
$50 to $50, 80 cts; $50 to $50. IS cts; $50
to $50, 40 cts; $50 to 500, As cts. None
supplied over 800.
To CANADA AND BRITISH North
AMERICAN STATES, letters, postals,
and papers, in general, as if a part Of
the United States. To Newfoundland
5 cts; epostals cts; newspapers 4 cent
for two ounces or less.
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FoREIGN POSTAGE. " To France,
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium,
Denmark, Iceland, Egypt, Spain, Can
ary Islands, Spanish Africa, Cuba,
Mexico, Great Britain and Ireland,
Malta, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Nor
way, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ma
deiEa, the Azores, Roumania, Russia,
Finland, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, Bahamas, Bermuda, brazil,
Peru, Ecuador, Japan, China, Singa-
pore, and Persia, for prepaid letters5
cts. per OF. Unpaid 10 cts. Postal
cards 2 cts. Newspapers, not over two
or, 4 ct. Books, other printed matter,
patterns, legal documents, photographs,
etc, / ct. for each two OF. Registra-
tion fee on all cOrresponde 10 cts.
ALI registered articles must be pre-
paid Newspapers, and other printed
papers, and all matter of the second,
third, and fourth classes, should be
prepaid; unless at least partly prepaid.
will not be forwarded.
Gold and silver money, jewels and
precious stones. and any other articles
whatever liable to customs duties, are
excluded from foreign mails. To the
following, postage must be prepaid:
To Bolivia, II cts; Sandwich Islands, 5
cts; to Costa Rica. 5 cts.
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