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 POSTAL CONVENTION WITH VENEZUELA. JULY 1865 &JUNi3 1866. 1105 Postal Oonvemzon between the Unitea States of America and Venezuela. July 19, 1865; June 26, 1866. ARTICLE I. An exchange of mails shall hereafter take place between M:zi1smbeexthe United States of America and Venezuela by the ordinary routes of changedsea. transportation, as well by private ships as by American or Venezuelan steam or other mail packets plying between the seaports of the two countries. Am-rom; II. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans Ohms <>*`¤¤· shall be the exchange offices on the side of the United States, and Cdad °M°g°' Bolivar, Laguaira, Porto Cabello, and Maracaibo shall be the offices of exchange on the side of Venezuela for all mails transmitted between the two countries under this arrangement; and all mail matter transmitted Mailmatter, in either direction between the respective offices of exchange shall be for- WK *3 *’° ““““‘ werded in closed bags or pouches, under seal, addressed to the corre- ml 6 ' sponding exchange ofllze. Amrene III. No accounts shall be kept between the Post-Oilice De- No accounts partmeuts of the two countries upon the correspondence, written or Bgg;‘;°“ °h° "'° printed, exchanged between them; but the country which despatches ` mails to the other shall levy, collect, and retain, exclusively to its own _ E¤<>h*<>¤<>ll<>¤\ use, such rates of inland postage as are now or may hereafter be estab- M °w° p°mg°‘ lished by its laws for domestic correspondence, together with the sea rates 0f postage hereinafter prescribed; which inland and sea postage shall be combined into one rate and collected by the despatching country in advance; the prepayment thereof to be certified by the appropriate oilioial Prep¤ym<>¤¢· stamp of the despatching oiuze. There shall be charged for sea postage upon letters, newspapers, and Sou p¤¤¤¤z¤· prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, and in books, sheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps and plans, conveyed by vessels of the United States or of Venezuela between the ports of the two countries, the following rates, that is to say :-— Upon all letters or other communications in manuscript which are sub- On letters; ject by the laws of either country to letter rate of postage, the rate of seven cents United States currency, or its equivalent in the currency of Venezuela, for each weight of half an ounce American or fraction of half an ounce. 2d. Upon each newspaper, daily or other, the rate of one cent United ¤¢W¤1¤¤l>¤¥S: States currency, or its equivalent in the currency of Venezuela. 3d. Upon prints of all kinds, in sheets, in pamphlets, or in books, printssheets of music, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, maps and plans, the rate of one cent United States currency, or its equivalent in the currency of Venezuela, for each ounce or fraction of an ounce in weight. The said newspapers and other printed matter shall be enclosed m nar- m?2g;§¢10mb*g‘ row bands or covers open an the sides or ends, so that they may be €,,g;,,Scd_ easily examined, subject to the laws and regulations of each country respeotivel. ARTIC{E IV. Upon all letters and articles of printed matter 6mm1B!`- inlggnfinlmiugo ated in Article III. received in the United States of America from Ven- States. czuela. by sea, there will be charged by the United States such rates of inland postage as are now or may hereafter be established by the laws of the United States, which shall be collected at the placeof destination, and shall belong exclusively to the United States of America; and vice versa upon all letters and like articles of prmted matter received in Venezuela from the United States of America by sea, there v01.. xv:. TREAT. — 70