Parcel Post Rates Regulated Through System of Zones
Post office officials explain parcel post will divide the nation into 35 000 units and zones with Washington as center. Rates fixed from sending unit to any place in a zone. long hauls cost more per pound. 11 pound limit. eggs butter and poultry may be shipped. books excluded. map provided for postmasters to determine zone and rate.
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Edward 3. Clark
United States
Parcel Post
Congress
Washington
Keokuk
Posta
Erie
Atlanta Ga
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office Department
Rules Governing Mailing of Parcels under New System
The Postmaster General approves parcel post rules detailing what may and may not be mailed, packing standards, and rates. Local first zone five cents per pound with a 50 mile radius. eight zones up to twelve cents per four pounds. parcels limited to eleven pounds and six feet in length and girth.
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Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Washington
Postage Rates for Parcels Under Four Ounces
Parcels weighing four ounces or less are mailable at one cent per ounce or fraction thereof. Parcels over four ounces use the pound rate with any fraction of a pound counted as a full pound.
New Parcel Post Rules Include Perishables and Restrictions
The new parcel post limits are described with distance rules for eggs meat and fowl. Perishables have distance limits while fragile items must be marked fragile. Certain items are banned including intoxicants poisons matches explosives firearms and live poultry. Post begins January 1 1913 and regular carriers will deliver where possible.
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NEW Parcel Post