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 Additional articles of agreement between the Post—O_piee Department of the Merch 31 em} APN} United States of America and the Postal Administration of Switzerland 2h 1874* for an exchange of postal cards between the two countries. Oct. 11, 1867, vol. xv, p, 573. ARTICLE I. For the purpose of providing additional facilities of mail-communica postsi mes. tion between the UnitedStates of America and Switzerland, it is hereby , mutually agreed that United States postal cards mailed at any post-. office in the United States and addressed to Switzerland, and Swiss postal cards mailed at any postoftice in Switzerland and addressed to' the`United States, the postage on which shall have been fully prepaid to destination, at the rates hereinafter stated, can henceforth be exchanged between the inhabitants of the United States and of Switzerland. But unpaid or insnflicieutly paid postal cards will not be forwarded in the mails between the two countries. · Anrrom II. I Postal cards shall be forwarded exclusively by means of such direct H<>W'f<>¤*¤¤d<>d~ steamers as shall from time to time be employed in the transportation of the direct German-American mails between New York and Bremen or V Expenses of inter- Hamburg. Each of the two post departments shall pay the entire ex- mcdiaw *·F¤·¤¤P°F’°· penses of the intermediate sea andterritorial transport of the postal cards which are sent from its territory. _ Anrxonn III. The postage on postal cards sent in each direction is fixed as follows: Postage. 1. At 2 cents when sent from the United States of America. 2. At 10 centimes when sent from Switzerland. Each department shall retain to its exclusive use the postage which To whom belongs. it collects at the prescribed. rates on the postal cards sent from its territory. 4 _ ` ‘ ARTICLE IV. · The regulations and instructions governing the use and treatment of Regulations fo, postal cards in the domestic mail of the United States and of Switzer- pom; mes. land respectively, shall apply equally to the postal cards mailed in either country and addressed to the other coun try. ` Ancrronn V. This agreement shall go into effect on the 1st of May, 1874, and shall Duration of conhave equal duration with the postal convention of 11 October, 1867,V°3*t,°’h 1867 V0, and with the additional conventions concluded thereto. xv ;,_'573f ’ ' KDone in duplicate and signed in Washington the 21st April,,1874, and ’ in Berne the 31st March, 1874. [SEAL.] ·JNO. A. ‘J. GRESWELL, _ · Postmaster-General of the U. S. [SEAL.] _ EUGENE NORD, ‘ The Federal Post Department. I hereby approve the aforegoing additional articles, and in testimony Approval, thereof, 1 have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. gmail.] · — ° » U. S. GRANT. y the President: · HZAMILTON Fxsn, · Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, April 21, 187 4.