Boston Register and Business Directory, Issue 86Sampson & Murdock, 1922 - Boston (Mass.) |
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Page 71 - A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected . The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: red, easterly (from northeast to south); white, westerly (from southwest to north).
Page 68 - The domestic rates of postage and conditions apply to mail addressed for local delivery, or for transmission from one place to another within the United States, or to or from or between the possessions of the United States, and...
Page 69 - The remittance is made by postoffice money order, the fee therefor being included in the amount collected from the addressee. A COD tag furnished by the postmaster must be filled in by the sender and attached to the parcel.
Page 162 - ... thence through the middle line of the Roxbury canal to its intersection with the shore line of the City of Boston on the southerly side of the South bay; thence by said shore line along the southerly and easterly sides of the South bay and along the easterly side of the Fort Point channel and along the northeasterly side of South Boston and along the easterly side of South Boston to its intersection with the line of East Broadway extended; thence by said line of East Broadway extended, and through...
Page 69 - Parcels weighing 8 ounces or less containing books, seeds, cuttings bulbs, roots, scions and plants, 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof, regardless of distance...
Page 69 - ... miscellaneous printed] matter weighing more than four pounds, and all other mailable matter not embraced in the first, second and third...
Page 161 - Beginning at the intersection of the shore line of the City of Boston and the division line between the property now or late of Alonzo Crosby heirs and the property now or late of Richard F. Green (said division line being the same division line as established...
Page 68 - Fourth (Parcel Post). — Domestic rates and conditions, with certain exceptions, apply to mail addressed to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the Republic of Panama. The domestic rates apply also to letters, but not to other articles, addressed to Great Britain, Ireland, and Newfoundland. All Mall Matter (except regular publications sent to subscribers), must be wholly prepaid. Letters, Postal Cards and "Post Cards...
Page 69 - Thereafter, payment will be made only at the office drawn on. A money order drawn in favor of a person residing on a rural route may be paid through the carrier if entrusted to him for collection, with a written request addressed to the postmaster that payment be so made.
Page 69 - INSURANCE ON PARCELS. A mailable parcel on which the postage is fully prepaid may be insured against loss in an amount equivalent to its actual value, but not to exceed $50, on payment of a fee of ten cents in parcel post stamps, such stamps to be affixed.