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 928 POSTAL CONVENTION lVI'1`H` BELGIUM; AUGUST 21, 1867. Correspondence Fully paid to destination shall be stamped in the United States Paid All, and in Belgium P. D. Registered articles shall be stamped Registered in the United States, and Olzargé in Belgium. Correspondence insufficiently prepaid shall he stamped in the United States Insqficiently paid, and in Belgium A_fi·anc}n.sseme1ztirzstgfiscmt, and the amount of deficient postage expressed in iigures [black] on the face. Correspondence despatched by a direct line between the two countries shall be stamped Direct Service, or Service Direct. If despatched via England, it shall be stamped to indicate British transit. Exchanges in Amicus IX. The two postal administrations may exchange in the °P°" '““'l$‘ open mails letters and other correspondence with the foreign countries, P°°‘· P· 9*** and upon the conditions indicated in the tables D 1" and D 2°, hereto annexed. ARTICLE X. 'I`he tables D 1° and D 2°, hereto annexed, also indicate the foreign countries with which registered correspondence may be exchanged in the open mails between the two offices, and the conditions thereof; Pr¢p¤i<il¤•¤t¤r¤· Anrteuc XI. The respective exchange offices shall mark in red ink, in the upper corner of the address, at the right hand, of prepaid letters sent for transit- in the open mail, the amount of the postage due to the foreign office oF destination; and in the same manner, but in black ink, shall mark the amount of the postage-due to the originating office upon the unpaid letters sent in transit. Certain at-miss Aartenu XII. Articles under band which do not conform to the m’Yb° '°*¤*¤°d· conditions mentioned in Art. XII. of• the convention, or which are A"“> P- 92*- in no part prepaid, shall be retained by the administration of origin, and _ shall remain subject to its disposition. Iiettersinopen ARTICLE XIII. Letters originating in or destined For foreign counmmlm mmm' tries, sent in the open mail for transit through tthe United States, or through Belgium, and which are insufficiently prepaid, shall be transmitted as wholly unpaid, and no account taken between the two administrations of the amount prepaid. Letters, &c· Atvrtctu XIV. Letters and all registered articles not deliverable shall ¥l,2°£:;;g:l,° he respectively returned to the despatching administration at the end of monthly. every month. (See exhibits G, hereto annexed.) Post, p. 949. The postage on unpaid letters so returned shall be deducted from the account against the office originally charged therewith. The postage on prepaid letters so 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 to the despatching office as not deliverable, shall be deducted from the original amount charged for transit upon a declaration of the amount by the office claiming the reduction. No charge will be made by either ag{ninistration for the transit of correspondence returned as not delivera e. 1eg;;S‘*&.&°· ARTICLE XV. All correspondence wrongly addressed or missent shall ’ be returned without delay by the receiving office to the exchange office which despatched it. The receiving office shall also correct accordingly, in the column of verification. the original entries of the letter bill relating to such correspondence. The articles of a like nature addressed to persons who have changed their residence shall be mutually forwarded or returned, _ charged with the rate that would have been paid at the first destination. stgtgiifgféllw Anrtoms XVI. The despatehing exchange office shall state on the letter bill for the British office the exact number of single rates of letters