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NEW POSTAL RATES IN A NUTSHELL

Van Alstyne Leader
April 30, 1925

Below we publish a table showing at a glance just what rates of postage are levied under the new law on the different classes of mailable matter. The table is in such form as to make it worth clipping and keeping by all who may be interested. It is taken from the Gunter Star.

INSURANCE	FEES
Value $.01 to $5.00	5c
Value $5.10 to $25.00	8c
Value $25.01 to $50.00	10c
Value $50.01 to $100.00	25c

REGISTRY	FEES
Value $0.01 to $5.00	5c
Value $50.01 to $100.00	20c
Foreign Rates	10c

Registry or Insured Return Receipt

C.O.D.	FEES
Amount $0.01 to $10.00	12c
Amount $10.01 to $50.00	15c
Amount $50.01 to $100.00	25c

PARCEL POST SPECIAL DELIVERY	FEES
Weight not over 2 lbs.	10c
Weight over 2 lbs. not over 10	15c
Weight over 10 lbs, not over 70	20c

Other Mail than Parcel Post

THIRD CLASS	RATES
1 or 2 ounces	1-1/2c
3 or 4 ounces	3c
5 or 6 ounces	4-1/2c
7 or 8 ounces	6c

Newspaper, mailed by other than publisher	Rates
1 or 2 ounces	2c
3 or 4 ounces	4c
5 or 6 ounces	6c
7 or 8 ounches	8c

MONEY ORDERS	FEES
Amount $0.01 to $2.50	5c
Amount $2.51 to $5.00	7c
Amount $5.01 to $10.00	12c
Amount $20.01 to $40.00	15c
Amount $40.01 to $60.00	18c
Amount $60.01 to $80.00	20c
Amount $80.01 to $100.00	22c

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
*First Class Rates Remain unchanged - 3 cents per oz. or fractional part thereof.
*Government Post Cards - 1 cent. Other private post cards 2 cents.
*Everything (except first and second class mail) weighing up to 8 oz. is 3rd class mail - 1-1/2c for each 2 oz.
*Everything (except first and second class mail) weighing over 8 ounces is 4th class amil or Parcel Post.
*Except that books, catalogues, seed, bulbs, plants, roots, and scions, weighing not over 8 ounces - 1/2 cent per ounce.
*All Parcel Post (except that collected on R.F.D. Routes) requires 2 cents extra in addition to all other postage.
*All special handling 25c extra in addition to all other postage, on Parcel Post which gives it 1st class handling over regular Parcel Post.