Text Box: Table V.--SECOND-CLASS MAIL (1) --Continued 1792 - 1878 Newspapers and other periodical publications  
Year Basis Rate
1863 (17) Not over 4 ounces: (18)
        Weekly.................................................................................................................. 5 cets per quarter.
        Two times a week............................................................................................ 10 cents per quarter.
        Three times a week......................................................................................... 15 cents per quarter.
        Six times a week............................................................................................... 30 cents per quarter.
        Seven times a week........................................................................................ 35 cents per quarter.
        Less often thanonce a week....................................................................... 1 cent per copy.
        Packages of newspapers to same address......................................... See footnote 19.
Transient..................................................................................................................... 2 cents per each 4 ounces
1868 Same rates as above except:
        Weekly in county where published............................................................. Free. (20)
1872 (21) Not over 4 ounces: (22)
        Less often than once a week-per issue (23)........................................ 1 cent per quarter.
        Weekly................................................................................................................. 5 cents per quarter.
        Each issue more frequently than once a week.................................... 5 cents per quarter.
        Packages of newspapers to same address......................................... 1 cents per each 4 ounces.
Not over 2 ounces (24)......................................................................................... 1 cent per each.
Transient (25)............................................................................................................ ...
1874 Weekly or more frequently (26)........................................................................... 2 cents per pound.
Less frequently than weekly (26)......................................................................... 3 cents per pound.
Publications (except weeklies) not over 2 ounces deposited in letter 1 cent per each.
        carrier offices for carrier delivery. (24)
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Text Box: 17.   Second-class mail was defined in 1863 as publications issued at stated periods from a known office of         publications and sent to bona fide subscriber.  Books and all other mailable matter were designated third         class.  (See table VII.) 18.   Over 4 ounces an additional rate for each 4 ounce or fraction.  Postage to be prepaid for not less than a         quarter year nor more than one year at office of mailing or delivery. 19.   Same rates by weight. 20.  When weekly was delivered by carrier in county of publication postage was 5 cents a quarter.  When         not delivered by carrier, free. 21.   Second class embraced all matter exclusively in print, and regularly issued at stated periods from a         known office of publication without addition by writing, sign, or mark. 22.  When over 4 ounces an additional rate for each additional 4 ounces.  Prepaid quarterly. 23.  A paper issued twice a month, for example, would result in subscriber paying 2 cents a quarter, 3 times         a month 3 cents, etc. 24.  Newspapers (except weeklies) and periodicals not over 2 ounces when deposited in letter carrier office         for delivery by the office or its carriers.  Periodicals weighing over 2 onces, 2 cents each prepaid by stamps. 25.  Transient was considered as third-class mail matter in 1872.   (See table VII.) 26.  All to be weighed in bulk and prepaid by stamps at office of mailing.