| 1914 - 486 pages
...within the 150-mile zone will be increased from 20 pounds to 50 pounds with the same rates applying, 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound. This would make the charges on a 50-pound package 54 cents within the zone limit. Outside of the 150-mile... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1951 - 940 pages
...for delivery in zones 1, 2, or 3, or within the State in which mailed. The initial special rate was 3 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound. By a subsequent statute an increase of 3 percent, minimum 1 cent per parcel, was made affective March... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - 1918 - 1680 pages
...zones, or, in other words, within a radius of 150 miles from the sending post office. The rate is 7 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound. A simple method of determining the postage on a parcel not going beyond the second zone is to add 6... | |
| American Library Association. Conference - 1911 - 930 pages
...experience would demonstrate that the rural rate could be reduced to 4 and 1 cent, making 5 cents for a two pound package; the 50 mile zone could be abolished...provide for the carrying of library books at less than cost. It is no argument to say that the government is now carrying newspapers at less than cost. It... | |
| 1911 - 586 pages
...experience would demonstrate that the rural rate could be reduced to 4 and 1 cent, making 5 cents for a two pound package; the .50 mile zone could be abolished...as you can expect to have within a number of years. l do not think that you can expect to get a law enacted which will provide for the carrying of library... | |
| E. Lewis Evans - 1912 - 524 pages
...from one route to another where the two routes center in the same postoffice. The rate agreed to is 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound up to 11 pounds, this being the maximum weight that can be carried, and a general parcels post service... | |
| 1913 - 788 pages
...decreased, for the first zone, from 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound, to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional two pounds ; for the second zone the new rate is 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional... | |
| 1913 - 620 pages
...1,900 miles. 8th Zone. All over 1.800 miles. In the third zone, the rate applicable after Jan. 1 is 6 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound, as against the old rate of 7 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional. This zone includes... | |
| United States. Post Office Dept - 1914 - 422 pages
...local delivery was reduced from 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound to 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional 2 pounds. The rates for the first and second zones were reduced, respectively, from 5 cents for the... | |
| A. E. Southall - 1914 - 694 pages
...The rates of postage on articles accepted for transmission by Parcel Post are as follows: (a) Five cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof, up to four pounds, and 2 cents for each subsequent pound up to eleven pounds within... | |
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