NEWSPAPER POSTAGE

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 8, 1873

NEWSPAPER POSTAGE

The new postal regulations in regard to newspapers, periodicals, etc., go into effect on the 1st of July. These regulations provide that all newspapers, periodicals, etc., sent by mail must be prepaid by stamps, unless “regularly issued and sent to regular subscribers” by publishers or news-dealers, when the following rates per quarter are charged, payable in advance, either at the mailing or delivery office:

Dailies................................................35 cents. Six times a week........................................30 cents. Tri weekly..............................................15 cents. Semi weekly.............................................10 cents. Weeklies.................................................5 cents. Semi-monthly, not over 4 ozs.............................6 cents. Monthlies, not over 4 ozs................................3 cents. Quarterlies, not over 4 ozs..............................1 cent.

Newspapers and circulars dropped into the office for local delivery must be prepaid at the rate of one cent for two ounces, and an additional rate for every additional two ounces or fraction thereof; and periodicals weighing more than two ounces are subject to two cents, prepaid at the letter-carrier offices. The postage on regular papers, etc., must be paid in advance, either at the place of delivery, to the carrier, or at the office, otherwise they will be chargeable at transient rates.