The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-26
Postmaster MaIoney Notified That
a New Foreign Rate Schedule
Is TO Co Into Effect
CHEAPER FOREIGN POSTAGE
Charges of Five Cents Per Half Ounce
Are Cut to Five Cents Per Ounce
and Many Other Changes
Are Also Made

Postmaster John B. Maloney today
received from the Postmaster GEN
eral communication. in regard to the
new rates for foreign postage, which
will go into effect the first day of
October, and which will result in a
great reduction of ratesgfor foreign
letters weighing an ounce or over.
The change in rates is in accordance
with the provisions of the Universal
Postal Convention at Rome. The
prin cipal change of interest in Keno
sha is the change IN the letter rate.
In the past letters to foreign coun-
tries have been sent at rate of
cents for each half ounce or fraction,
and now the rate will be cents for
each ounce. AS Kenosha handles a
large amount of foreign mail the
change will be of greatest Importance
to the patrons ofsthe local Office. The
most pertinent points in the new
schedule of rates are as follows:
:. The postage rates Except the
rate applicable to letters) remain un-
changed. They are as follows:
For LETTERS FIVE (5) cents for the
first ounce, and three ~ cents for
each additional ounce or fraction of
an ounce; prepayment optional.
For S'postal cards." single, two ~
cents, double, four "a centsaeach.
For Commercial papers," five (5)
cents for the first ten (10) ounces or
less, and one ~ cent for each addi-
tiona1 two ~ ounces or fraction of two
~ ounces. Limits of size and weight
the same as for prints The pack
ages must not be closed against In
spection.
For samples of Merchandise, two
~ cents for the first four (4) ounces
OF less, and one ~ cent for each ad-
ditional two ~ ounces or fraction of
two ~ ounces. Limit Of weight,
twelve (12) ounces; limit of,.size, twelve
az by eight 81 by four (4) inches.
The packages must not be closed
against inspection.
For "prints" Of every kind, one ~
cent for each two ~ ounces or frac.
ton of two ~ ounces. Limit of
weight, four az pounds six Co. ounces;
limit of size, eighteen (18) inches in
any direction; except that when rolled
the package may measure thirty 1907
inches in length by four a. inches in
diameter. The packages must not be
closed against inspection.
Postage upon all articles, other than
letters, must be prepaid at least in
part. Double the amount of the de-
ficient postage calculated at the above
rates, is co1lectible upon the delivery
Of articles upon which postage has
not been prepaid in full.
2. Every unpaid or short-paid ar
ticle must have marked upon the cover
the capital letter 1T, ]" and figures in
dicating double the amount Of the de-
6cient postage Expressed in francs
and centimes); which marking is to
be done by the exchange postoffce
which dispatches the article abroad
8. In the case of short paid arti-
Giles of any kind returned to the send
ers as undeliverab bic, the senders must
pay the amount which would have
been col1ectrd of the addresses if the
articles had been delivered.
4. Postage can be prepaid only by
means of postage stamps of the coun-
try in which the article is mailed
Postage prepaid upon articles mailed
on board vessels on the high seas
must be by means Of postage stamps
Of the country under whose flag the
vessel sails; except that postage up-
on articles mailed in Sea Postoffi &c
on board a Transatlantic steamer on
a voyage from the United States can
be pre- paid only by means of United
States postage stamps, notwithstand-
ing the steamer may sail under a for
eign flag. Postage upon articles
mailed on board steamer while the
steamer is in a port of any country
can be prepaid only by means of post
age stamps of that country.
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