The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-22
FIRST GLASS MAIL MATTER
Its Character Defined in Statement
by the P0st0fiiee Department,

/ Articles Under This Head Specific
ally EGuIuera, ted-The Rule ss to
Deficient Postag- TypeyritinlS
Held EquivaIeEst to Handwriting.
/ In answer to numerous enquiries re
eardin@ frst-cIass mail matter. the Post
! office Department has issued the follow
/ Ing statement
Written matter. namely, letters. pos
( tai cards private mailing cards and All
/ matter wholly or partly in wriinE.
/ whether sealed or unsealed Except man
uscript copy accompanying proof-saeetE
! or corrected prnnr-shcets of the same)-
! All matter sealed or otherwise closed
/ against inspection Is also Of the first
/ class Eote-TypsW ?iting with carbon or
! letter-presS copies thereof i held to 2e
an equivalent Of Handwriting and -
classed as such IN ali cases.
Rates OF Postage on F-iTst-Class Mat
( teri ON letters and other matter
! wholly or partly in writing. except the
y-riJirg specially authorized TO b. placed
/ upon matter of other classes. ana or
! sealed matter or matter otherwise c.osei
against inspection. = cents an ounce or
/ fraction thereof.
/ - On postal cards. cent each, the
! price for which they are sold
] - Private mailing cards issued under
| the act Of May 19, 1928. / cent each.
= on drop letters cents an ounce
! or fraction thereof. when mailed at let
/ tvr-as;rrier Offices. nr at Offices where Ru-
raj Delivery Service has been established.
! and / cent for each ounce or fraction
/ thereof at offices where free delivery by
carrier Is not established. Note.-There
is no drop rate on third or fourth
class matter: the postage on which is
uniform whether addressed for local de
livery or transmission in the mails
The rule of the statutes is fun pro
payment by stamps affixed. The exceP-
lions TO this rule are &S follows:
i First-c!aSs matter not exceeding
four pounds in weight viii be despatched
II enc fun rate-two cents-in stamps be
affixed, and the residue of the postage
viii be rated up at the mailing Office and
collected Of the adressee before delivery
- As an exception 70 the rule Of pre-
payment. letters OF soldiers sailors and
marines in the service of the United
States may be transmitted unpaid. when
marked Soldiers letter. Sailors let
ter or Marines letter as the case may
Be. and the postage at single rates only
! viii be collected on delivery
, Drop Letters Prepaid One Cent
! . But in large cities and adjacent dis
trfcJs Of dense population having two OF
I more postoEices within distance Of
three miles Of each other, any letter mail
81 al one Of such Offices. and addressed
TO a LEGALITY within the delivery Of an
other Of such offices which snail have
/ been inadvertently prepaid at the drop or
! local lettsr-rate OF postage only may be
/ forwarded 20 It's destination through ilit
/ proper Office, charged with the amount OF
I deficient postage. to be collected on de
! livery Note L Al letter-carrier office
IA +rrIH pot no ~
I forwarded to another Office without I'd
1 diJioEa5 postage charge At other offices.
! q drop letter bearing q l-cent stamp may
/ be tOrWarC--d on payment of ! cent addl-
J L!oual postage Note = Letters. prepaid
I 1 cent only, can not be sent BY mail from
/ one Office 20 TEe postmaster 1t another
for distribution IL = package on which
! the bulk postage IS paid At the letter
! rate Each letter must De prepaid ~ the
I regular fIrst-c'aSs rate
! The following named articles are
! among those subject TO the hrst-clsss
/ i Assessment notices lprintedl with
/ amount due written therein. Albums
- Blank books with written entries
| hank checks filed out ia writing. either
/ Cancelled or UncauCeIed- Blank forms, III
I'd oslt Ia writirg-
3 Cards Il tiers fprinted) bearing a
! written OF marked date. where the date Is
not the date OF the card but gives infoT-
nation as 10 when me sender Will cali.
or deliver something otherwise referred
70. or i the date when something Will &C
cur or IS acknowledged 10 .TaVe been re-
ceiyed. etc unless presented for mailing
at pOstoffice, or other depository dssi5-
mated by the postmaster. IN q minimum
[ Of twenty identiC-l copies separately ad-
! dressed when IheE viii be unailabI "A the
( third class rate Of postage. Cards print
! ed so prepared that 10y attaching a sig
{ Dature thereto they are converted INTO
, Z personal cOEBmuHica tions. such re
CeIpts. orders Tor articles furnished by ad-
dressee etc Card fpostaD remailed.
L. ito H. =s.-f#
= Ing) bearing written name, except Single
I cards enclosed With third OF f0urth-class
matter. and bearing the name Of the
/ sender. CeTtitica teS, checks, receipts, etc,
filled out in writing CoInmunica tons
entirely in prinJ-with exception of name
of sender-senJ in identical terms by
I manuscript or typeWIltJcnf uraccomDafI n
led by proof-sheets-
? Il Diplomas, marriage or other certi-
? { icates. filed out IN writing Drawings or
plans containing written words letters, or
figures. indicating size, price, dimensions,
r > Envelopes bearing written address
9 Hand or typewriter matter ana let
. ter-prsss or manifold tcarbon) copies
2 - limitations or reproductions of hand
q OF typewriter matter not mailed at the
: posTodiCe in minimum number of teen
= - perfectly identical copies TO separate
a Z addresses
: = Letters (oId or remaied). sent sin
civ OF IN bGlE-
g. Manuscript or typeWritten COPY.
5 when not accompanied by proOf-sheets
Z Marriage certificates filled out in writing.
10 old letters Temailed. sent singIy or
? in bulk Original typewriter matter and
= . manifold OF leIter-presS copies thereof.
; IL Plans and ORA wings containing
written words. letters, or figures. indic;it-
Ing size. price, dimensions. etc Postal
cords or private mailing CardS-W holly O.
partly in writing Price lists
u trriutedB containing written figures
2 changing individual items
- Receipts (priHtedb with written sig
natures Remaiied postal cards or uri-
yate mailing cards. wholly or partly in
writing.
, 10 Scaled matter OF any class. or mat
ter SO wrapped as not 10 be- easily ex-
amined. except original packages of pro-
r prieIary articles OF merchandise pat uu
D 50 that each package may be examined
70 ia ItS simplest mercantile form. and seeds
and other articles that may he enclosed
"a in sealed transparent envelopes under
q paTaS ph g. section %. p J. and K
z ( SIcHU&raplic or shorthand notes.
. -. TyptWritten matter. original letter
, press and manifold copies thereof.
Il Ia. Iusealed written cOmmuuica tons
10 Visiting cards (~'T-tteup. except sin
Z gle cal ds enclosed with third or fourth
. class matter, and bearing the name OF
i the sender
- Substitute for Rubber
. The State Department is in receipt OF
!, the following report from Consul Nelson
Of Bergen. relative to the discovery of a
: cheap substitute for rubber: After hay