Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-07

CON ffions ar he postage accofaing
4 tos TIE order reeenfly issued by the
Dostmaster general and receixed at the
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sSsfffaster General.
4 Office ofathe Postmaster General,
Washington. D. c., Dec. 20, 1904
Order No. 1440:
I. All mail matter originating in the
United States for transmission to any
OF the possessions of the United
states" named in paragraph of this
order shall be subject to the United
States domestic classification, con-
d1tions and rates of postage.
2. All mail matter originating in the
possessions of the United States
named in paragraph of this order, for
transmission to the United States, or
from one to another of those possess
sions, shall be subject to the United
States domestic classification, con-
ditions and rates of. postage.
8. In this order, Hawaii and Porto
Rico are included in the term United
States" and the Philippine archi-
pelago, Guam, Tutuila, (including all
adjacent islands Of the Samoan group
which are possessions of the United
States), and the canal zone are in
cluded in the term possessions of the
United States" The term canal
zone" includes all the territory pur-
chased of Panama, comprising the
canal zone'' proper and the islands in
the bay of Panama named Perico,
Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
4. United States postage stamps,
postal cards and stamped envelopes
shall be valid for the payment of post
age on mail matter originating in the
possessions of the United States" ex-
cept as provided in the following
notes:
| Note 1. In the Philippine archipelago
such stamped paper shall not be ac-
cepted in payment OF, postage unless
loverprinted philippines" except in
case of the reply half Of one-cent
double postal card, which shall be
valid for postage without being over
printed when mailed in the Philip
pines to the United States or any Of its
4 possessions.
Note @. Stamped paper overprinted
Philippines" is not valid for postage
elsewhere than in the Philippine archi-
Ipelago, except in case of the reply half
of a one-cent double postal card over
printed Philippines which is valid
when mailed In the United States, or
any of its possessions, to the Philip
pines.
Note 8. Only postage stamps of the
Republic of Panama overprinted "Ca-
nal Zone" shall be valid for postage
on matter mailed in the canal zone.
i 5. All mail matter, whatever its
class, addressed to persons in the
United States service (civil, military
Tor navaD, serving in the United States
or any Of its possessions, or en- route
to or from the United States or any
of it's possessions, whose change of adj
dress is caused by official orders, shall
be transmitted as rapidly as possible
until it reaches the addressee; the act
ual location of the addresse for the
| time being shall be considered as the
original destination of the piece of mail
matter; such transmission shall not be
considered as forwarding" in the
sense in which that word is used in the
postal service, and no additional pos
tage shall be required therefor.
4 Note-To insure prompt delivery,
mail matter sent to persons in the
United States service should include in
the address the complete designation
of the organization company and regi-
ment, vessel OF other branch of the
service to which the addressee be-
longs and the postage thereon should
be fully prepaid
| 6. Letters sent by soldiers. sailors
and marines in the United States or
any of its possessions, addressed to
places in the United States or any of
its possessions, when endorsed "Sol.
dier's Letter." Sailors Letter." or
Marines Letter. as the case may be,
and signed hereunder, either with fac
smile hand stamp or in writing, with
his official designation, by field or
staff officer, post or detachment COM
mander, to whose command the soldier
belongs, or by surgeon or chaplain
at hospital where he may be; and in
the navy and marine service by any
commissioned officer attached to the
vessel, or officer commanding hos
pital or detachment ashore, may be
dispatched to destination without pre-.