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Show Postage Rates Changes Made1 Postmaster H. C. Jacobs An- nounces Increases to be Effective Ef-fective April 15. New Regulations Apply to All Classes and Must Be Strictly Observed. The new postage rates, effective April 15, were announced in detail in a report issued to the Pyramid fc-y Postmaster Henry C. Jacobs. In first class -ma ill the principal change will be an increase in the rate for postcards post-cards and private mailing cards of from one to 'two cents. This rate will ' also apply to each portion of double: or reply postcards, although the post- j ago on the rep'.y hailf need not be at'-! fixed until it U detached and mailed I forreturn. The rate on igovernrnent postal cards remains at the old nait of one cent. j i The rate oi postage on second class f matter (newspapers and periodicals; when sent by others than ilie publisher publish-er or news agent, will' be two cents for each itwo ounces or fraction there j of, for weights not exceeding eight ounces, and for weights exceeding eight ounces the paircel post rate will apply. The old rate was one cent ror each four ounces. Partial or incomplete incom-plete copies of publications are not second class ma'.ter, but, if weighing eight ounces or under, the rale wi'l! .be one and a IhaW cents for each two j ounces or fraction of two ounce;, ami j if over night ounces will be charged at the pn eel post zone rate Mail of the third class will embrace .all matter now included in the third I pnd fourth classes up to and inc'.ud-j jug eight ounces in weight. The rate of postage on all matter ennbraeed in (the new third class will be one and - one-half cents for each two' ounces 01 j fraction of two ounces up to and n-,cludiiij n-,cludiiij eight ounces in weight, ex-" ex-" ccpt that tihe rate on books, catalogs, !J! feeeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions '" and plants shall continue 'to be one Et cent for each two ounces on parcels it! Inot exceeding eight ounces in weight. I'- Books and catalogs under twenty-four !i ipage3 'take the one and one-half-cen! 3 rate for each two ounces or fraction ;S ,f two ounces, mp to and including it tight ounces, in: Now Feature tt The present fourth' class pound it ira.'.es, according to distance, or zone, I di yill apply to all mail matter weigh-' .iiifg more than eight ounces, except " that of the first and second classes, land in addition thereto, .there will be a service oliarge of two cents for each parcel, except upon parcels original-, lug on rural routes, such charge to be 'prepaid in Aire sume manner as the 'regular pC'Starro. Parcels .mailed on rurail routes should he indorsed, "Mailed on rural route," to show that they are exempt from the service "charge. Thcne is a new feature of handling fourth class matter that will e'xpedit' important mailings when desired. .Whenever, in addition, to the postag iand service change, tliere shall he affixed af-fixed to any parcel of mail .matter of the founth clas 'postage of the valuo of 25 cents, with the words "Special , hamming" wri'ten or printed . upon .the wrapper, such parcel shall rece've jj the same expeditious handling, trans- " .portation and delivery aei orded to mail matter of the first class. Mailing I'laces Panels of Hip .third clans matter (eight ounces or under) may be mailed mail-ed in mail boxes, hut all parcels of foulr.th class matter must he mailed at a post office, branch post office or station, or delivered to a rural carrier car-rier duiy authorized to receive such matter. The permissable addition-; to mail matter of the third and fourth classes may be placed on either. The provision permitting the acceptance of sealed parcels for .mailing at the fourth class rate of postage when they bear the prescribed printed return re-turn caird of .the sender and the indicia in-dicia as to contents and opening for postal inspection, will be applicable to all third class mail except circulars and miscellaneous printed matter. The special service charge on money orders of the smaller amounts Jj h ''"i ".-c." t'-'o n .- order. while on the larger amounts the J change has been decreased. On orders or-ders up to $40 the increase averages J .about two cents, while on larger amounts there is a decrease of from two to eight cents. The special handling hand-ling charges on registered, insured, C. O. D. and special delivu.y mal. 'have also been increased by the nov .act, which also provides for a nelurn receipt fee of t'hree cents which wa not required .under the old rates. The .postmaster has made it emphatic that all matter subject to the adjusted rates on and after April 15 .must bear the required postage to be .mailed. |
