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 POSTAL oo1WnNT1oN-BAHAMAS. 1867 POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF D°¤¤¤b•*¤· M4- AMERICA AND THE BAHAMAS. D¤¤¤mb¤r1a,me. By virtue of authorit vested in them and in the exercise of the C°“"°““°”"'*°”g· gption granted by Sectibn 2 of Article 21 of the Univeisal Postal 1}:g<ifspi•(id¤i1¢?¤i?8mt° { onvention of Rome, Albert S. Burleson, Postmaster General of the United States of America and Charles Osborne Anderson, Postmaster of Bahamas have mutually agreed that the predpaid st rate apphcable to letters mailed in the United States ad ressed)i')or?eBlivery in the Bahamas shall be the rate (two cents an ounce) a plicable to letters in the domestic service of the United States, anld to letters mailed in the Bahamas addressed for delivery in the United States the rate (one penny ug to 2 ounces) applicable to letters in the domestic service of the ahamas. Letters unpaid or shortpaid shall be despatched to destination, but double the amount of the deficient postage, calculated at said rates, shall be collected of the addressees upon the delivery of such unpaid or shortpaid letters. — Each country shall retain to its own use the postage collected on R°°¤*P*¤- the letters in question. This convention shall take effect and operations thereunder shall E”°°°°°d d¤¤“°¤- begin on the first day of January, 1915, and shall continue in force until terminated by mutual agreement; or may be annulled at the desire of the Postal Administration of either country upon six months previous notice given to the other. Done in duphcate and signed in Washington the nineteenth day s’¢'”°“"’- of December, one thousand nine hundred an foiuteen, and at Nassau the second day of December one thousand nine hundred and fourteen. [ssrn, or rosr ormcn nnranmmxr.] Annmrr Smmrr Bmu.r:soN Postmaster General of the United States of America. Cnanms Osnomm ANDERSON Postmaster of Bahamas. The foregoing Postal Convention between the United States of ummm by the B•· America and the Bahamas has been negotiated and concluded with ‘ my advice and consent and is hereby ratified. _ In testimony whereof I have caused the Public Seal of the Colony to be hereunto affixed. Dated at Government House, Nassau, this 2nd day of December, 1914. [sam. or rms: COLONY or mmamns.] G. B. Hannon Smrm, Governor of the Bahamas. The foregoing Postal Convention between the United States of Am¤¤*¤|· America and the Bahamas has been negotiated and concluded with my advice and consent and is hereby approved and ratified. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Woomiow Winsor: By the President: W. J. BRYAN, Secretary of State. Wasnrxorox, December 23, 1.914. [sam. or THE. uxrrnn STATES.]