Note: > = greater than. < = Less than.
Page 18: Garden City Estates, not Golden City Estates.
Page 22: Should read: "The new first-class rate of Dec. 31, 1975..."
Page 83: Figure 41-3. Caption should read: "less than or equal to 1 oz, insured third-class piece containing merchandise, first-class letter enclosed. 3¢/oz, first-class letter rate, 2¢/2oz, third-class single-piece rate, 10¢ minimum insurance fee (< $10 indemnity)."
Page 117: Table 8-1: g. On CAM rt. of length > 1000 mi., less than or equal to 2000 mi., per oz.
Page 144: Table 20: a. 1: 1884, not 1984.
Page 190: First paragraph (B) should end: "...Dec. 31, 1945."
Page 193: "No indemnity fee" on Jan. 1, 1949 increased to 25¢.
Page 197: Table 38: Column 1 heading date should be Jul 1, 1863. Table 38: a. 1: 1863, not 1963 and 1872, not 1972.
Page 125:
Page 234: On June 8, 1997, Certified Mail $1.35.
Table 27a: Third-Class, Odd Size or Shape
(In cents); arrow (—›) = continuance of rate; oz = ounce; > = greater
than; ≤ = less than or equal to.
| Type of Postal Matter | 1 Jan 1, 1949 |
2 Aug 1, 1958 |
3 Sep 4, 1958 |
4 May 12, 1959 |
5 Jun 23, 1959 |
6 Jan 7, 1963 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Minimum per piece, odd size or shape | 3¢ | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3.5 |
1: Act July 3, 1948; 62 Stat 1261-2; PL 80-900, §202. PB 19187 (December
2, 1948). Objects > 9” wide, or > 12” long, or < 3” wide
or < 4” long.
2: Act May 27, 1958; 72 Stat 140, 3, 4; PL 85-426, §205(5), 215(b). PB 20087
(May 29, 1958) & PB 20090 (June 19, 1958).
3: Act September 2, 1958; 72 Stat 1713; PL 85-893, §2. PB 20104 (September 4,
1958).
4: Act September 2, 1958; PB 20104 (September 4, 1958).
5: Act June 23, 1959; 73 Stat 89; PL 86-56. PB 20148 (July 2, 1959).
6: Act October 11, 1962; 76 Stat 834; PL 87-793.
Table 27b: Third-Class, Nonstandard Surcharge
(In cents); arrow (—›) = continuance of rate; oz = ounce; > = greater
than; ≤ = less than or equal to.
| Type of Postal Matter | 7 Jul 15, 1979 |
8 Mar 22, 1981 |
9 Feb 17, 1985 |
10 Jan 1, 1995 |
11 Jan 10, 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b. Nonstandard surcharge, ≤ 2 oz | 7¢ | ||||
c. Nonstandard surcharge, ≤ 1 oz, single-piece third-class |
9¢ | 10 | 11 |
7: PB 21196 (June 28, 1979). This surcharge was in addition to the applicable
postage and fees and applied to the above mail matter if it was:
and
length to height aspect ratio did not fall between 1:1.3 and 1:2.5, inclusive.
The aspect ratio is the length of the piece divided by its height. The surcharge
does not apply to first-class matter greater than 1 ounce or single-piece third-class
matter greater than 2 oz, even if outside these size limits. Keys and identification
items were/are exempt from the nonstandard surcharge. This single-piece limit for
the nonstandard surcharge for third-class matter became 1 oz on March 22, 1981.
8: PB 21290 (March 20, 1981). Can be immaterial as third-class = first-class rate
and surcharge not collected
when third-class bulk returned at single-piece rate. Does hold, however for single-piece
rate third-class mail
weighing one ounce or less.
9: PB 21493 (January 9, 1985).
10: PB 21883A (January 1, 1995).
11: PB 21984A (November 12, 1998). As of January 10, 1999, single-piece third-class
surcharge ended.
Belgium Congo: For airmail rates see Zaire on pages 202-3. For surface rates, see UPU rates as of Jan. 1, 1886 (page 4).
Page 233: Table 1: Column 1 should be dated July 1, 1875 (1875 GPU Convention of Paris). The international registration fee became 8¢ on Jan. 1, 1893. It became 10¢ on Nov. 1, 1909 (PB 9009 (Sept. 16, 1909)).
Page 236: Table 3: Column 1 should be dated July 1, 1875 (1875 GPU Convention of Paris). In the United States, an international return receipt beginning that date was free. The return receipt requested after mailing service did indeed begin on Jan. 1, 1899, but in the US this service was initially free. Effective April 15, 1925 (PB 13745 (Apr. 10, 1925)), the international return receipt fee became 5¢. Effective Dec. 1, 1925, as correctly given in Table 3, the return receipt requested after mailing fee became 10¢.
Table 1,3: International Registration/Return Receipt Fees
(Tables 1,3 Registry
Mail Service chapter revised and combined)
(In cents); shaded area = absence of rate;
arrow (—›) = continuance of
rate.
| Countries | 1 Jul 1, 1875 |
2 Jan 1, 1893 |
3 |
4 Nov 1, 1909 |
5 Apr 15, 1925 |
6 Dec 1, 1925 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Registry Fee, all UPU Countries | 10¢ | 8 | —› | 10 | —› | 15 |
b. Return Receipt |
free | —› | —› | —› | 5 | —› |
| c. Return Receipt after Mailing | free | —› | —› | 10 |
1: 1875 General Postal Union Convention (GPU) of Berne, effective Jul. 1, 1875.
2: PB 3894 (Dec. 7, 1892).
3: 1897 Universal Postal Union Convention, effective Jan. 1, 1899.
4: PB 9009 (Sept. 16, 1909).
5: PB 13745 (Apr. 10, 1925).
6: PB 13942 (Dec. 1, 1925).