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    What would it cost me as a publisher to mail a newspaper second class to the home of an annual subscriber residing in the county where it is printed according to the 1900 Old Farmer's Almanac?

    Question #70253. Asked by denmarks. (Aug 30 06 3:51 PM)


    gtho4

    		1 cent a pound

    The Mail Classification Act 1879 : newspapers were classified as 2nd class mail. The 1879 Act set it at 2 cents a pound. It was reduced to 1 cent a pound in 1885, and stayed at that rate until until 1917.

    http://www.prc.gov/tsp/54/hist-mail-class.pdf

    http://www.prc.gov/tsp/54/hist-mail-class.pdf#search=%22%22second%20class%20postage%22%20%22one%20cent%22%22">http://www.prc.gov/hist-mail-class.pdf

    plus this :
    http://www.gregfree.com/U.S.%20Domestic%20Postal%20Rates%201789%20-%201956%20-%20Web%20Pages/CONTENTS.htm">http://www.gregfree.com/USPostalRates1789-1956.htm

    Aug 30 06, 8:38 PM

    denmarks

    		That is only true for newspapers mailed outside the county. It was free within the county.

    Aug 31 06, 8:14 AM

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