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 1014 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH ITALY. NOV. 8, 1867. Registered articles shall be stamped “Registered ’: in the United States, and “Raccomcma'ato" in Italy. Correspondence insufficiently prepaid shall be stamped “Insufficiently Paid" in the United States and “Francobolo Insufficiente" in Italy, and the amount of the deficient postage expressed in figures on the face.

Whenever different lines of communication shall be employed betweenthe two offices, the letters unpaid and insufficiently paid shall be stamped to indicate the route by which they are sent.

Countries, &¤. Anucm: IX. The countries with which, and the conditions on which, i‘;_'fx$?l‘;€° by letters, ordinary and registered, and also other correspondence, may be pm Pp: 10z1 exchanged in the open mails between Italy and the United States, are 102% indicated in the tables rnamkeil D and E, hereto annexed. h ;°?g':i%{;;:;» AnrxcL1·: X. The respective exchange offices shall mark, in red ink, in ' the upper corner of the address of prepaid letters sent for transit in the open mail, the mnount of the postage due to the foreign office of destinw tion, and in the same manner, but in black ink, shall mark the amount of the posmge due to the foreign office of origin upon the unpaid letters so sent in transit. £3;:f;g;*5d::€° Anrrcnu XI. Correspondence under band which does not conform to com-0rmi,,g &c  the conditions mentioned in Article IX. of the convention, or which is in may be retained. no part prepaid, shall be retained by the administration of origin, or, if sent, shall not be subject to account. m§•;{¤¢¤rz3¤s¤¤;fH- AnrxcLi·: XII. Letters originating in or destined for foreign countries, be wflgs Mmay seul in the open mails through the United States or through Italy, and unpaid. which are inisufficiently prepaid, shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken between the two administrations of the amount prepaid. ;%;t;q;sé anx ARTICLE XIlI. Letters, and all registered articles not deliverable, to be r;tm‘[*;cd · ;l£;llJa; respectiv ely returned to the despatching administration at the ery mon 1. The postage ou unpaid letters so returned shall be deducted from the account against the office originally charged therewith. 4 Tnepostage on prepaid letters so returned shall remain in the account as originally entered. The expense of trzmsit  of unpaid correspondence which has been transmitted by either administration in closed mails, and which shell be returned to the despntching oince as not deliverable, shall be deducted from the original amount charged for transit upon a. declaration of the amount by the officc claiming the reduction. No charge will be made by either adanimstramion for the transit of correspondence returned as not deliverable. l££§¤¤¤, &¤·  A1ar1cLE XIV. All correspondence wrongly addressed or misscnt shall eireturned wuchont deley by the receiving office to the exchange office which despatched it. lhe receiving office shall also correct accordinvly in the column of verification, the original entries of the letter bill rellat: mg to such correspondence. The articles of a like nature addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded or getnineo, charged with the rate that would have been paid at the first es mn ion. L tt b'll to · gmt; vggut S i?5Iig·i §Y·  Eh6 geiépatchrig ¤X0}é{1¤g6 {>fHcS shall state on the let- 1n rme in eexcnmge o ices tie exact number of1 rates of letters (onweight, if required) and the total weight of the 5e1E5e; correspondence which ehall be despatched in closed mails. t  h  t  Amienm XVI. It is understood that the accounts between the two °£~mS omoes shall be established on the respective letter bills in the proper money of the despatching office. For the international charges, the reduction of these moneys shell be gi;‘;céi%;;1 ;g}i E3I{;;?;30§2;1&f at the rate of five lire ten oentesimi. for