Fourth Class
All matter formerly embraced in this class, including farm and factory products, is regulated by the amendments to the Post Office Appropriation Bill, operative since January 1, 1913, and August 15, 1913. The rates of postage depend upon weight and distance from mailing point, and it is provided that parcels shall not exceed 72 inches in length and girth combined, nor be in form or kind likely to injure any person handling them, or other mail matter or mail equipment, and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and delivery. For purposes of payment of postage this country, aside from the Philippines, is divided into zones, diagrams of which are posted for reference in every United States Post Office. Parcels weighing 4 ounces or less are mailable at the rate of 1 cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, regardless of distance. Parcels weighing more than 4 ounces and not exceeding 11 pounds, excepting those parcels intended for local delivery or delivery within the first and second zones which must not weigh more than 20 pounds, are mailable at the pound and distance rates shown in the hereinafter table, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound. Parcels intended for local delivery are mailable at the rate of 5 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (CONTINUED) cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional 2 pounds or fraction thereof.
Parcels intended for delivery within the first and second zones are mailable at the rate of 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof. cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof.
Limits in miles Zone from sender 1 50 2 150 3 300 4 600 5 1000 6 1400 8 7 1800 Exceeding 1800 1 46 5 cents Cost per 1st lb. 5 cents Cost per excess lb. or fraction 1 cent 5 5 " 7 7 " 8 9 9 " 10 66 11 66 12 66 66 6 7 9 6 " 9 " 10" 12 A mailable parcel on which the postage is fully prepaid may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $25, on payment of a fee of 5 cents, and in an amount equivalent to its actual value of $25, but not to exceed $50, on payment of a fee of 10 cents in stamps.
The sender of a mailable parcel on which the postage is fully prepaid may have the price of the article and the charges thereon collected from the addressee on payment of a fee of 10 cents, provided the amount to be collected does not exceed $100. Such a parcel will be insured be collected does not exceed $100. Such a parcel will be insured against loss without additional charge in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $50.