Papyrographic Matter and Postal Rates
In our news column last week we noticed the decision of the P. O. department that matter printed by the papyrographic process, a process now beginning to be used quite extensively by our T. and M. societies, would be rated as first-class matter and subject to letter postage. On application from the president of the Papyrographic Company, the Post-Master General has suspended his ruling till the fourth of March next. We quote the following from his letter:— “I therefore hereby agree to suspend so much of my orders, as published in the ruling quoted, as relates to matter (which is not in the nature of correspondence) produced by the electric pen and papyrographic process, and permit the same to pass in the mails as heretofore at rates for third-class matter, until March 4, 1879, unless earlier action shall be taken by Congress in the premises.”