US Post Offices & Postmasters in 1866 - Perquimans County Page

XVIDOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POSTAGE.Newspapers received by the Bremen or Hamburg line are in like manner prepaid in Germany. On pamphlets, magazines,and other printed matter, one cent an ounce, or fraction of an ounce, must be prepaid at the mailing office when sent from, andcollected at the office of delivery when received in the United States. This is the United States postage only.6. To Belgium, in the United States and Belgium Closed Mail.—Newspapers, gazettes, and periodical works :Five cents for each package the weight of which shall not exceed three ounces, and an additional rate of five cents for eachadditional weight of three ounces or fraction of three ounces. Prepayment required.Books, stitched or bound, pamphlets, papers of music, catalogues, prospectuses, advertisements, and notices of variouskinds, printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed.Five cents for each package of the weight of one ounce or fraction of an ounce, and so on, m the same proportion, for packagesof greater weight. Prepayment required..The above rates are in full of the postage to destination. In like manner similar printed matter receivedfrom Belgium, comesfully paid, and is to be delivered without charge.6. To the West India Islands (not British), except Cuba, Central America (except Aspinwall and Panama), and Countrieson the South Pacific Coast, in the United States and British Mails.—Newspapers sent, six cents each ;prepayment required.On papers received, the rate to be collected is two cents only, the British postage being prepaid.TO THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN PROVINCES.10 cents when not over 3,000 miles from the line of1* crossing.* 15 cents when distance exceeds 3,000 miles. Prepaymentoptional. Newfoundland, prepayment required.Newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and sent to regular subscribers in the British North AmericanProvinces, or published in those Provinces and sent to regular subscribers in the United States, are chargeable with the regularprepaid quarterly rates of United States postage to and from the line ; which postage must be collected at the office of mailingin the United States on matter sent, and at the office of delivery in the United States on matter received. In like manner,such matter, if transient, is chargeable with the regular domestic transient printed matter rates to and from the line, to be collectedat the office of mailing or delivery in the United States, as the case may be. Editors, however, may exchange free ofexpense.Letters received from Canada, to which are affixed uncanceled United States postage stamps of sufficient value to prepaythe full postage chargeable thereon, should be delivered without charge by the United States offices.REGISTRATION OF LETTERS.Valuable letters, addressed to Germany or any part of the German-Austrian Postal Union, by the Bremen line via NewYork, or by the Prussian closed mail via New York and Boston, as also letters addressed to Great Britain and Canada, will beregistered on the application of the person posting the same, in the same manner and on the same terms as those deliverable inthe United States, provided that the full postage chargeable thereon to destination, together with a registration fee of five cents\oneach letter, isprepaid at the mailing office. Such letters should be mailed and forwarded to the respective United States exchange offices inthe same manner as domestic registered letters are mailed to those offices.RULE OF RATING LETTERS, ETC.All letters to and from foreign countries (the German States, etc., when sent via Bremen or Hamburg, France, and theBritish North American Provinces excepted) are to be charged with single rate of postage, if not exceeding the weight of halfan ounce ; double rate, if exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding an ounce ;quadruple rate, if exceeding an ounce, but notexceeding two ounces ; and so on, charging two rates for every ounce or fractional part of an ounce over the first ounce. As thisrule differs from that followed in respect to domestic letters, great care is requisite to prevent mistakes. Letters in the mail toFrance are to be charged with single rate of postage, if not exceeding the weight of one quarter ounce ; double rate if exceedinga quarter, but not exceeding half an ounce ; and so on, an additional rate being charged for each quarter ounce or fractionalpart of a quarter ounce. Letters addressed to the German States, etc., when sent via Bremen or Hamburg, and the BritishNorth American Provinces, are rated in the same manner as domestic letters, one rate being charged for each half ounce orfractional part of half an ounce. Postmasters should be careful, where the postage is prepaid, to collect the proper amount.They should be particular to notice the route indicated on the envelopes of letters, and to collect postage accordingly. Lettersmailed at some offices, marked " via England," or " via Prussian closed mail," for a German State, are frequently taken upon theprepayment of Bremen rates, and those marked " via Bremen" at Prussian closed rates, etc.RULE OF RATING LETTERS GOING VIA FRANCEIn the case of letters to be forwarded in the British mail for transmission from England via " Marseilles," the French postageis six cents the quarter ounce, except on letters for Java, China, Labuan, Borneo, Japan, the Moluccas, and Philippine Islands, whichare rated at eight cents per half ounce, and except, also, on letters for Syria and Tunis, by French packet, when the single Frenchrate is twelve cents. The French rate on all such letters must therefore be doubled for each quarter of an ounce in weight.The rates by "French mail" are in full to destination, except to the following places, viz. : Aden, Batavia, Ceylon, Chinacities of Turkey in Europe, except as in herein mentioned, via Austria, countries to which correspondence can be sent via Suez'countries beyond the seas via Fiance other than those enumerated, East Indies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Java, Mauritius, Monteuengro,Penang, Portugal, Isle of Re-Union, Servia (except Belgrade), Shanghai, Singapore, and Spain. The limit of prepaymentto Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar is Behobia ;to Servia (except Belgrade), Montenegro, and cities of Turkey in Europe,except as herein mentioned, " via Austria ;" the frontier of Turkey and Austria ; to Aden, East Indies, Ceylon, China, and'other countries via Suez, the seaports of the Indies or of the sea of China to which the English packets ply ; and to places beyondseas, other than those designated, the limit is the port of arrival in the country of destination.RATES ON PAMPHLETS, MAGAZINES, ETC.On pamphlets and magazines, to or from the west coast of South America, the United'States postage is four cents • and toor from all other foreign countries (except Great Britain, Belgium, and the German States, via Bremen or Hamburg mail) twocents per four ounces, or portions thereof, to be collected, in all cases, in the United States.Newspapers and periodicals to foreign countries (particularly to the continent of Europe), must be sent in narrow bandsopen at the sides or ends ; otherwise they are chargeable with letter postage.* Letters by this route go to tho West Indies, via Steamer. j Twenty cents to Great Britain or Ireland.