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AT page 474 Mr. Reeks complains as to the working of the new Postal Act. It seems intended to obliterate the old parcel post. He says, “Herbarium specimens are not excluded.” Perhaps so; but they are not included. The provisions of the new Act are limited to books, written and printed matter, genuine trade samples and patterns, so far as regards the two ounces for a halfpenny. All parcels other than books, &c., as described above, go at the letter rate of one penny for each half-ounce.
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ROW, P. The New Postal Act. Nature 2, 494–495 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002494b0
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