And so on, adding 20 cents for each additional ½ lb. or fraction of ½ lb.
Conditions
The following conditions must be carefully observed:—
1. Every book packet must be either without a cover or in a cover
open at the ends.
2. It must not contain any letter open or sealed, or any sealed
enclosure whatever.
3. It must not exceed two feet in length, breadth, or width.
4. The postage must be pre-paid by stamps.
Contents of a book packet.
A book packet may contain any number of separate books, publications, works of literature or art, almanacs, maps or prints, photographs, daguerreotypes, when not on glass or in frames containing glass, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment (to the exclusion of letters); and the books, maps, paper, &c., may be either written, printed or plain, or any mixture of the three, and may be either British, Colonial or Foreign.
All legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of the same, or a portion thereof, will be allowed as part of the packet, whether such binding, &c., be loose or attached, as also rollers in the case of prints
and maps, and whatever may be necessary for the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter, or whatever usually appertains thereto, and the postage is rated upon the gross weight of the packet.
Sender's address permitted on cover.
The name and address of the sender, and anything else not in the nature of a letter, may also be written and printed on the envelope or cover of the packet, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom it may be forwarded.