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_Your Postmaster will tell you the parcel post zone in which your postoffice is located, measuring from Chicago._
All merchandise shipped by mail takes parcel post rates. Packages up to 4 ounces in weight are carried at the rate of 1 cent an ounce, regardless of distance. Packages over 4 ounces are charged for by the pound. The rate per pound varies according to the distance, which is measured by the Government zone system, each zone covering a certain number of miles from point of shipment. Distances and rates are shown in the table below. Packages carried by parcel post are handled just like any other mail matter. They are delivered to your box by your rural mail carrier if you live on a rural route, or delivered to your door if you live in a city where there is carrier service, or delivered to your local postoffice if you live where there is no carrier service.
═══════════════════════════╤══════════╤══════════╤══════════╤══════════ │LOCAL ZONE│ ZONES 1 │ ZONE 3 │ ZONE 4 │ │ AND 2 │ │ ───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── This table shows the │ For │ Not Over │151 to 300│301 to 600 charges when shipping by │Shipments │150 Miles │Miles From│Miles From parcel post, according to│ From Our │ From │ CHICAGO │ CHICAGO the weight of the package│ Store in │ CHICAGO │ │ and according to distance│Chicago to│ │ │ by zones. │Customers │ │ │ │ Within │ │ │ │ Chicago │ │ │ ───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── Weight of Package. │ Charges │ Charges │ Charges │ Charges │ Required │ Required │ Required │ Required ───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────── Over 4 oz. up to 1 lb. │ 5c│ 5c│ 6c│ 7c Over 1 lb. up to 2 lbs. │ 6c│ 6c│ 8c│ 11c Over 2 lbs. up to 3 lbs. │ 6c│ 7c│ 10c│ 15c Over 3 lbs. up to 4 lbs. │ 7c│ 8c│ 12c│ 19c Over 4 lbs. up to 5 lbs. │ 7c│ 9c│ 14c│ 23c Over 5 lbs. up to 6 lbs. │ 8c│ 10c│ 16c│ 27c Over 6 lbs. up to 7 lbs. │ 8c│ 11c│ 18c│ 31c Over 7 lbs. up to 8 lbs. │ 9c│ 12c│ 20c│ 35c Over 8 lbs. up to 9 lbs. │ 9c│ 13c│ 22c│ 39c Over 9 lbs. up to 10 lbs. │ 10c│ 14c│ 24c│ 43c Over 10 lbs. up to 11 lbs. │ 10c│ 15c│ 26c│ 47c Over 11 lbs. up to 12 lbs. │ 11c│ 16c│ 28c│ 51c Over 12 lbs. up to 13 lbs. │ 11c│ 17c│ 30c│ 55c Over 13 lbs. up to 14 lbs. │ 12c│ 18c│ 32c│ 59c Over 14 lbs. up to 15 lbs. │ 12c│ 19c│ 34c│ 63c Over 15 lbs. up to 16 lbs. │ 13c│ 20c│ 36c│ 67c Over 16 lbs. up to 17 lbs. │ 13c│ 21c│ 38c│ 71c Over 17 lbs. up to 18 lbs. │ 14c│ 22c│ 40c│ 75c Over 18 lbs. up to 19 lbs. │ 14c│ 23c│ 42c│ 79c Over 19 lbs. up to 20 lbs. │ 15c│ 24c│ 44c│ 83c Over 20 lbs. up to 21 lbs. │ 15c│ 25c│ Over 21 lbs. up to 22 lbs. │ 16c│ 26c│ Over 22 lbs. up to 23 lbs. │ 16c│ 27c│ Over 23 lbs. up to 24 lbs. │ 17c│ 28c│ Over 24 lbs. up to 25 lbs. │ 17c│ 29c│ Over 25 lbs. up to 26 lbs. │ 18c│ 30c│ Over 26 lbs. up to 27 lbs. │ 18c│ 31c│ Over 27 lbs. up to 28 lbs. │ 19c│ 32c│ Over 28 lbs. up to 29 lbs. │ 19c│ 33c│ Over 29 lbs. up to 30 lbs. │ 20c│ 34c│ Over 30 lbs. up to 31 lbs. │ 20c│ 35c│ Over 31 lbs. up to 32 lbs. │ 21c│ 36c│ Over 32 lbs. up to 33 lbs. │ 21c│ 37c│ Over 33 lbs. up to 34 lbs. │ 22c│ 38c│ Over 34 lbs. up to 35 lbs. │ 22c│ 39c│ Over 35 lbs. up to 36 lbs. │ 23c│ 40c│ Over 36 lbs. up to 37 lbs. │ 23c│ 41c│ Over 37 lbs. up to 38 lbs. │ 24c│ 42c│ Over 38 lbs. up to 39 lbs. │ 24c│ 43c│ Over 39 lbs. up to 40 lbs. │ 25c│ 44c│ Over 40 lbs. up to 41 lbs. │ 25c│ 45c│ Over 41 lbs. up to 42 lbs. │ 26c│ 46c│ Over 42 lbs. up to 43 lbs. │ 26c│ 47c│ Over 43 lbs. up to 44 lbs. │ 27c│ 48c│ Over 44 lbs. up to 45 lbs. │ 27c│ 49c│ Over 45 lbs. up to 46 lbs. │ 28c│ 50c│ Over 46 lbs. up to 47 lbs. │ 28c│ 51c│ Over 47 lbs. up to 48 lbs. │ 29c│ 52c│ Over 48 lbs. up to 49 lbs. │ 29c│ 53c│ Over 49 lbs. up to 50 lbs. │ 30c│ 54c│ ───────────────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────────────────