Beautiful Philippines: A Handbook of General InformationPhilippine Islands. Commission of Independence
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Beautiful Philippines: A Handbook of General Information
Philippine Islands. Commission of Independence
Philippines -- Description and travel; Philippines -- Economic conditions
POSTAL, TELEGRAPH, AND CABLE RATES
(a) Rates on mail addressed for delivery in the Philippine Islands:
First class, P0.02 for each half ounce or fraction; no limit of weight;
post cards, P0.02.
Second class (newspapers and periodicals), when mailed by publishers,
P0.02 per pound or fraction; when mailed by others, P0.02 for each
four ounces or fraction; no limit of weight.
Third class (printed matter), P0.02 for each two ounces or fraction,
except single books weighing more than that amount; limit of weight,
four pounds.
Fourth class (merchandise), P0.02 per ounce or fraction; limit of
weight, four pounds, except single blank books.
(b) Rates on Mail addressed for delivery in the United States
(including Hawaii and Porto Rico), Guam, Tutuila, the Canal Zone,
the Shanghai Postal Agency, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and Panama:
First class, P0.04 for each ounce or fraction; weight limit, four
pounds.
Second, third, and fourth classes same as (a) above.
(c) Rates on mail addressed for delivery in all other countries:
Letters, P0.10 for each half ounce or fraction; no limit of weight;
post cards, P0.04 each.
Printed matter (within certain limits of size), P0.02 for each two
ounces or fraction; limit of weight, four pounds six ounces.
Samples of merchandise (within certain limits of size), P0.04 for
first four ounces or less; and P0.02 for each additional two ounces
or fraction; limit of weight twelve ounces.
(d) Rates on mail specially addressed via the Trans-Siberian Railway;
letters, P0.20 for each half ounce or fraction; post cards, P0.08 each.
(e) Rates on registered mail, P0.16 in addition to ordinary
postage. All classes of mail may be registered.
(f) There are parcels post arrangements between the Philippines and
a considerable number of foreign countries. Details in regard to the
size, weight, and value of parcels, and the rates may be obtained on
application at the Bureau of Posts.
(g) Money orders are now issued in the Philippines to be paid in
the United States and its possessions, Cuba, Mexico, and most of the
British dominions in the Western Hemisphere, at the following rates:
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