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Errata for Domestic Book

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(For additional important errata for the Revised Second Edition of the Domestic Book, download this errata PDF file. IMPORTANT: See PDF downloading instructions.)

Note: >=greater than. <=Less than.

Page 18: Garden City Estates, not Golden City Estates.

Page 22: Should read: "The new first-class rate of Dec. 31, 1975..."

Page 83: Figure 41-3. Caption should read: "less than or equal to 1 oz, insured third-class piece containing merchandise, first-class letter enclosed. 3¢/oz, first-class letter rate, 2¢/2oz, third-class single-piece rate, 10¢ minimum insurance fee (< $10 indemnity)."

Page 117: Table 8-1: g. On CAM rt. of length > 1000 mi., less than or equal to 2000 mi., per oz.

Page 144: Table 20: a. 1: 1884, not 1984.

Page 190: The date December 31, 1947 is correct.

Page 193: "No indemnity fee" on Jan. 1, 1949 increased to 25¢.

Page 197: Table 38: Column 1 heading date should be Jul 1, 1863. Table 38: a. 1: 1863, not 1963 and 1872, not 1972.

Errata for International Book

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Page 90: M bag rate for Mexico as of July 9, 1995 was 72¢.

Page 92: M bag rate for rest of world as of July 9, 1995 was 79¢.

Belgium Congo: For airmail rates see Zaire on pages 202-3. For surface rates, see UPU rates as of Jan. 1, 1886 (page 4).

Page 233: Table 1: Column 1 should be dated July 1, 1875 (1875 GPU Convention of Paris). The international registration fee became 8¢ on Jan. 1, 1893. It became 10¢ on Nov. 1, 1909 (PB 9009 (Sept. 16, 1909)).

Page 236: Table 3: Column 1 should be dated July 1, 1875 (1875 GPU Convention of Paris). In the United States, an international return receipt beginning that date was free. The return receipt requested after mailing service did indeed begin on Jan. 1, 1899, but in the US this service was initially free. Effective April 15, 1925 (PB 13745 (Apr. 10, 1925)), the international return receipt fee became 5¢. Effective Dec. 1, 1925, as correctly given in Table 3, the return receipt requested after mailing fee became 10¢.