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Definition of Third-class mail
1. Noun. Mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Third-class Mail
Literary usage of Third-class mail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"The third-class mail rate for 1^ pound is 12 cents, and 1 cent for each additional
2 ounces or fraction. ..."
2. An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, American News Company (1889)
"Third-Class. Mail matter of the third class includes books, circulars, unsealed
publications for advertising purposes, ..."
3. An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and by Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1888)
"Third-Class. Mail matter of the third class Includes books, circulars, unsealed
publications for advertising purposes, and other matter wholly in print ..."
4. Second-class Postage Rates: Hearings Before the Committee on Post Offices (1918)
"... force for catalogues and third-class mail of all kinds, as they too create a
large quantity of first-class mail. When the advertising does not exceed 5 ..."
5. Geer's Hartford City Directory (1897)
"... including sample copies from an office of publication, without substantial
binding, ................... l ct. a Ib. THIRD CLASS MAIL MATTER Includes ..."
6. Competing with the Government: Anticompetitive Behavior and Public Enterprises by R. Richard Geddes (2004)
"The three largest classes of mail are first-class mail, third-class mail [now called
... Third- class mail is comprised mostly of bulk advertising matter. ..."
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