CHAPTER IV UNITED STATES POSTAL RATES The postage on all sealed matter or matter. containing written information is 2¢ an ounce or fraction thereof. The postage on newspapers and magazines, when sent by others than the publishers or news agents, is 1e for each 4 ounces or fraction thereof. The postage on miscellaneous printed matter weighing four pounds or less, including photographs, maps, proof sheets, etc., but excluding books, newspapers, and periodicals, is 1 for each two ounces or fraction thereof. 1. Find the cost of mailing 5 letters, each weighing 1 oz. 2. Registration costs 10. Ida mails and registers a sealed parcel weighing 12 oz. Find the postage required. 3. John mails newspapers weighing 2 lb.; miscellaneous printed matter weighing 1 lb. 7 oz.; and 1 sealed package weighing 19 oz. Find the amount of postage necessary. 4. Mary receives maps through the mail on which the postage is 14 ¢. What is the approximate weight of the maps? 5. How much does it cost James to mail a package of magazines weighing 2 lb. 9 oz. ? 6. A printer mails and registers a package of proof sheets weighing 3 lb. 11 oz. Find the cost. 7. Paul mails a photograph weighing 10 oz. to Denver, unsealed. Find the postage, including 10¢ for registration. 8. Martha mails 15 letters weighing oz. each, newspapers weighing 1 lb. 1 oz., and a sealed package weighing 12 oz. Find the cost of the postage. UNITED STATES PARCEL POST RATES Fourth-class mail matter includes all matter not now embraced by law in the first three classes, which is not greater in size than 84 in. in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to cause injury or damage, and not of a character perishable within a reasonable period. The limit of weight for local delivery and for delivery within the first three zones is 70 pounds; in other zones it is 50 pounds. Rates of postage on domestic parcel post matter are as follows: (a) Parcels weighing 4 oz. or less, except books, seeds, plants, etc., for each ounce or fraction thereof, for any distance. 12 (b) Parcels weighing 8 oz. or less containing books, seeds, plants, etc., 14 for each 2 oz. or fraction thereof, for any distance. (c) Parcels weighing more than 8 oz. containing books, seeds, otc., parcels of miscellaneous printed matter weighing more than 4 lb., and all other parcels of fourth-class matter weighing more than 4 oz. are chargeable according to distance or zone, at the pound rates shown in the table below, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound. The sender of a C. O. D. parcel on which the postage is prepaid may have the price (up to $100) collected of the addressee on payment of a fee of 10 in stamps for amounts up to $50, or 25 for greater amounts up to $100. This fee includes insurance. NOTE. The local rate applies to parcels to be delivered at the office where mailed or on a rural route starting therefrom. For packages weighing more than 11 lb. use the following table: Find the cost of mailing each parcel: 15. Mrs. May receives an 8-lb. turkey from her brother 75 miles distant. Find the cost of mailing it by parcel post. 16. A store sends out by parcel post a 6-lb. package to Mrs. Johnson 25 miles distant. Find the cost of mailing it. 17. Find the cost of mailing by parcel post for a distance of 950 miles a package of garden seed weighing 3 lb. 10 oz. 18. A girl in Lancaster, Pa., receives by parcel post a package from San Francisco (8th zone) weighing 9 lb. Find the cost of mailing it. 19. Find the cost of mailing a 10-pound package of chestnuts sent 75 miles by parcel post. 20. Find the cost of mailing an umbrella weighing 15 oz., sent 70 miles. |