s or other
matter, will

L CARDS.
m one office to another at
any additional charge for
d to the party addressed,
e subject to letter postage.

,nly which are issued by the Depart-
inled on them, and no card is enti-
's/al card which has not the imprint-

ADVERTISING ON POSTAL CARDS.
-essed upon the face of a postal card is not al-
-enders it unmailable, because the face side of a
for the address only. There is no objection to a
)ressed upon the other side of a postal card.
TAL CARDS CAN BE USED BUT ONCE.
d has served its purpose when it has once been
mail, and delivered to the party addressed, and
gain transmitted as a postal card, but if remailed
)ject to the rate of postage that would be charge-
other manuscript matter -3 cents for each half
on thereof.
,NDING POSTAL CARD FOR REPLY.
of two postal cards pinned or otherwise fastened
:ontaining an inquiry, and the other in blank for
racticable, as the stamp on each must be cancel-
ring the one intended for reply useless. If so
her that the stamp on each cannot be canceled,
reated as a letter and held for postage.
HER MATTER WITH POSTAL CARDS.
horizing the issue of postal cards, does not con-
ddition of any matter other than a communica-
.y be printed, or written with pencil or ink. If
Lttached to a postal card, the card should be
.ter, and held for postage at the mailing office ;
the office of delivery, it should be treated as
and double letter rates collected on delivery.

HEAVY PACKAGI

PACKAGES.
ing more than four pounds are
L sent by mail.

POSTAGE ON MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript for publication in pamphlet form is subject to
letter postage. Book manuscript and corrected proof only are
entitled to be mailed at printed rates.

Artioles of Merchandise.
By an act of Congress which became a law March 3, 1875,
the postage on articles of merchandise was fixed as follows,
viz.: One cent for each one ounce, or fractional part thereof,
the weight to be limited to four pounds, as heretofore.
The law is that, "Mailable matter of the third-class shall
embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient
newspapers, magazines, handbills, posters, unsealed circulars,
prospectuses, books, book-manuscripts, proof-sheets, corrected
proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks, flexible pat-
terns, articles of merchandise, sample cards, phonographic
paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards,
plain and ornamental paper, photographic representatious of
different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and all
other matter which pay be declared mailable by law, and all
other articles not above the weight prescribed by law, which
are not from their form or nature liable to destroy, deface, or
otherwise injure the contents of the mail-bag, or the person of
any one engaged in the postal service. All liquors, poisons,
glass, explosive materials, and obscene books, shall be excluded
from the mails."
WRITTEN MATTER AT LESS THAN LETTER RATES.
Mail matter, except postal cards, corrected proof-sheets and
book manuscript, passing at less than letter rates of postage,
must contain no writing other than the address. Any addi-
tion, in writing, subjects the package to letter postage.
OFFICIAL MATTER.
Packages of official matter sent from or mailed ta the Exec-
utive Departments, at Washington, are considered as executive
documents, and are not to be limited as to weight of packages
to be carried in the mails.
CONCEALED MATTER.
Any person who shall inclose or conceal any letter, memo-
randum, or other thing in any mail matter not charged with
letter postage, or make any writing or memorandum thereon,
and deposit, or cause the same to be deposited, for conveyance
by mail, at a less rate than letter postage, shall, for every such
offense, forfeit and pay five dollars, and such mail matter or
inclosure shall not be delivered until the postage is paid there-
on at letter rates; but no extra postage shall be charged for a
card printed or impressed upon an envelope or wrapper.
DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF MAIL CARRIERS.
No extra postage or carriers'fees shall be charged or col-
lected upon any mail matter collected or delivered by carriers.
PRIVATE COMPENSATION.
No person employed in the postal service shall receive any
fees or perquisites on account of the duties to be performed by
virtue of his appointment.

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