registered mail

registered mail Sec. 6. (a) Mail matter shall be registered on the application of the party posting the same. The registry fees, which shall be in addition to the regular postage, and the limits of indemnity therefor within the maximum indemnity provided by this subsection, shall be as follows: For articles having no intrinsic value and for which no indemnity is payable, 30 cents; For registry indemnity not exceeding $5, 40 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $5 but not exceeding $25, 55 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $25 but not exceeding $50, 65 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $50 but not exceeding $75, 75 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $75 but not exceeding $100, 85 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $100 but not exceeding $200, 95 cents; For registry indemnity exceeding $200 but not exceeding $300, $1.05; For registry indemnity exceeding $300 but not exceeding $400, $1.15; For registry indemnity exceeding $400 but not exceeding $500, $1.25; For registry indemnity exceeding $500 but not exceeding $600, $1.35; For registry indemnity exceeding $600 but not exceeding $700, $1.45; For registry indemnity exceeding $700 but not exceeding $800, $1.55; For registry indemnity exceeding $800 but not exceeding $900, $1.65; For registry indemnity exceeding $900 but not exceeding $1,000, $1.75: Provided, That for registered mail having a declared value in excess of $25 a registry fee of not less than 55 cents shall be paid. (b) For registered mail or insured mail treated as registered mail having a declared value in excess of the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance fee paid there shall be charged additional fees (known as “surcharges”) as follows: When the declared value 65 Stat. 675 exceeds the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance fee paid by not more than $50, 2 cents; by more than $50 but not more than $100, 3 cents; by more than $100 but not more than $200, 4 cents; by more than $200 but not more than $400, 6 cents; by more than $400 but not more than $600. 7 cents; by more than $600 but not more than $800, 8 cents; by more than $800 but less than $1,000, 10 cents; and if the excess of the declared value over the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance fee paid is $1,000 or more, the additional fees for each $1,000 or part of $1,000 on articles destined to points within the several zones applicable to fourth-class matter shall be as follows: For local delivery or for delivery within the first zone, 12 cents; For delivery within the second zone, 14 cents; For delivery within the third zone, 16 cents; For delivery within the fourth zone, 17 cents; For delivery within the fifth or sixth zones, 18 cents; For delivery within the seventh or eighth zones, 19 cents: Provided, That for registered mail or insured mail treated as registered mail of such kind or character that it may be carried at less than the maximum risk of loss in the mails, the Postmaster General may prescribe rules for determining upon what part of the declared value in excess of the maximum indemnity covered by the registry or insurance fee paid the additional fees shall be based.