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 984 CONVENTION WITH THE NORTH GERMAN UNION. Ocr. 21, 1867. ,M°';° *§*l“” “l“‘ Smcrrou VI. ·When more than a single rate iechargeable upman any let- §i:,?§(f' °w m` ter or other article, the number of rates to wh1ch it is subject sha! be mdicated by the despatching office by a Hgure m the upper left corner of the address. Stamps upon SECTION VII. All letters exchanged between the two offices shall 1°t°°”' indicate by stamp, or writing thereon, the office of origin. _. _ Correspondence fully paid to destination shall be stamped m th¢;United States “Paid all," and in the North German UITIOD “Franco. Correspondence insufficiently paid shall be stamped m the United tStates "I}¢aujicicnt(y paid," and in the North German Umon "Ungu7·ezc}zeml Frankir¢," and the amount of the deficient postage expressed m figures (black) on the face in the money of the receiving office. I Registered articles shall be stamped "Registercd" in the United States and in the North German Union “Recommandirtf Correspondence forwarded to either office by the other should be so stamped in letters or Figures as to clearly indicate the route of transmission. _ Reglsterlisw. Sacrxou VIII. Registered correspondence shall be entered m a register list, following the models C or D hereto annexed. 99{°°"» PP· 99°» All registered letters and the register list shall be enveloped together ` in strong paper and securely fastened, and the packet inscribed with the word "Registcred" or “Rccommandirt" and placed in the mail. The blank in the letter bill for expressing the number of registered articles shall be filled by writing the number in full. In case no registered articles are sent, the proper blank of the letter bill shall be filled with the word “N ihil " or “Nil." !§¤°¤lPF¤ for SECTION IX. The register list despatched shall be acknowledged by ’°g“°°'h’°" the first return mail from the receiving office, by expressing the receipt numerically, viz.: " from No., to No. ." If the veriication by the exchange office discloses an error.of any kind on the register list, it shall also, by the first mail, be notified to the despatching office. fm_Ié?**°foWi*h SECTION X. The two postal administrations may exchange, in the open nigga un` mails, letters and other correspondence, ordinary and registered, with for· 9p0g;4pp_ 993, eign countries, and upon conditions, as indicated in the Table E, hereto 9 8 . · annexed. B{g“:;§  Q5? Smor1oN XI. The respective exchange offices shall mark in red ink in iimers. P the upper part of the address of prepaid letters and other correspondence sent for transit in the open mail, the amount of the foreign postage due to the foreign 0i’xice of destination, and in the same manner, but in black ink, shall mark the amount of postage due to the foreign office of origin, upon the unpaid letters sent in transit. blgglggi ;1;d¤¤ · $ECTION XII. Articles under band, which do not conform to the com ,·°,mmg_&c_ to ditions mentioned in Article VIII. of the convention, or which are in no be retained. part prepaid, shall be retained at the disposition of the administration of origin, or if sent shall not be sub'ect to account. _ cigiigusaiasai- ·SECTION; XIII. Letters- origifiating_ in, or destined for, foreign counbs smuuu_ tries sent in the open mail for- transit through the United States, or paid. through the North German Union, and which are insudiciently prepaid, shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken between the two administrations of the amount prepaid. But if one or more full rates shall be prepaid the number of rates fully prepaid shall be always credited. gg<>¥¤¤‘¤» &<>·b Section XIV. Letters, and all registered articles, which cannot be W ?° °°”°°° ° delivered shall be respectively returned to the despatchin administration iigidihghdetseig at the end of every month. g 1 mum The postage on unpaid letters, returned, shall be deducted from the account against the office originally charged therewith. The postage ou prepaid letters, returned, shall remain in the account as originally entered. The expense of transit of unpaid correspondence, which has been transported by either administration in closed mails, and shall be returned