Evening star., 1904-03-11
OLD STAMPS AND COINS.
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily. changes may occur a,
FOREIGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing daily. and the schedule of closings is
overland transit For the week ending March i2
1904 the last connecting closes will be made FROM
the MAIN OFFICE as follows:
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS
FRiDAIna NsA va At At rs rs PM M for Or EuRopE per
LIVERPOOL must be directed Per SIS. New
In,, fOrk;% e. Ca At NJ 1i:4S A PM for EUROPE. per SIS
Has PM. for BELGIUM direct, per SIS. vader.
land, from New York; Mail must be directed .Pe.
direct, per SIS Konigin Luise, from New York
Mail must be directed Per SIS. Konigin Luise. .
Ethiopia, from New York Mail must be directed
Per Per SIS Ethiopia" Cc) At 11:45 PM: for DEN
Mai must be directed P per s Hesa Sew York
MAILS FOR souTH AND cENTRAI AMERICA,
WEST INDIES. ETC
FRIDAY-te) At sos Pm. for BARBADOS and
BkAziL per SIS Bsllaggio from New York yia
NoRTMERN BRAZIL, ARGENTiNS. URUGUAY y
and PARAGUAY must be directed Per SIS Bel
At per 50 for rom New Yo4s
| Mail for sAvhNII.LA and CARTAGENA must be
PoRTo RICO p Per % s coa@o. from New York;
via San san Juan &C., At Il ~ NJ for ARGENTINE
New Yorf and e A. pM per @ for cess from
TRINIDAD; CIUDAD BOLIVAR. BRITISH
hume I and 1dr FRENCH nc GmdhNA A per s Marava
CUBA MAILS close here at 5 PM daily except
Sundays and Mondays. via Port Tampa Fla. the
connecting closes being on Wednesdays and Satur.
MEXICO overland unless specially addressed for
dispatch by setamers sailing from New York close
here daily at 1905 A. NJ. ~ and 10 M (h)
NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail to North Sydney and
days at II NJ. fd) and Sundays at II 80 AM (k),
the connecting closes being Mondays. Wednes-
JAMAICA. BY rail to Boston and thence via
steamer close here every Friday at IL NJ. (d); also
hx TO o.aIt. fIo ,l.c
day at II AS PM. lk)
.MIouELoN, by rail to Boston and thence via
BELIZE Il . PuERTo Fl s5 coRTEz % and dc GuATEMALA,
the connecting closes being on Mondays ''''
via steamer. close here daily at 1906 An. tfl
and 10 PM. 0l). the connecting closes being on
'e'D'' TRANsPAcIFIc MAILS.
TAHITI and MARoUESAs ISLANDS. via San
March ls. inclusive, for dispatch per IS. Mari
p"sa; %, .nd ,,p.N u. r.o. .,o.. -,
daily at $50 PM. up to March i3. inclusive, fer
dispatch per SIS OLYMPIA tol
dressed only. close here daily at $3.50 p " up TO
March IA. inclusive. for dispatch per SIS. Pleia-
CHINA and JAPAN. via Vancouver and Victoria.
B c., close here daily at $3.50 PM. up to March
h adT fdr he
at Shanghai. China. cannot be forwarded via
CHINA, JAPAN. HAWAII ami PHILIPPINE Is-
LANDS via San Francisco. close here daily at
$40 Pm. mp to March IS. inclusive. for dspatsn
per Siberia to)
AUSTRALIA fexcept West Austraiia) NEW
ZEALAND. NEW CALEDONIA. FIJI: SAMOA and
HAWAII. via San Francisco. close here daily at
$3.50 Pm. up to March 10. inclusive. for dspa. ch
per Sonoma. (o)
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia,
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA via v.a-
ceuver and Victoria. B. c.. close here daily at
$50 Pm. up to March &c. inclusive. for dispatch
per Moana. to)
CHINA. JAPAN. HAWAII and specially ad-
dressed mail for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS via
Sal Francisco clese here daily at 6:30 PM. up to
March 26. inclusive. for dispatch per Cop
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via San Francisco close
here daily at 60 PM. up TO March 81 inclusive
for dispatch per U. s. Transport. to)
NOTE-Mails for COCHIN CHINA dispatched
to New York. N. Y. for connection with European
steamers.
Unless otherwise addressed. WEST AUSTRALIA
mails will be dispatched via Europe. and those FER
NEW ZEALAND and the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
via San Francisco. Csl-the quickest routes. Mails
for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. specially ad-
dressed via Europe" or 'svia Canada" must he
HAWAII dispatched via San Francisco CAL.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN or
FICE follows: fal At $3.50 Pm. same day:
o. at 1:45 PM. same day: (c) at 9:46 M. same
day. Id at $50 AM same day; fe) af 545 Pm
same day: Gfl at 9:35 AN same day; th) at 1.l5
Pm. same day; kl at s:45 m. previous day:
(o) at 2.30 A. 81. same day.
mh5 JOHN 4. MERRITT. Postmaster