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                    1.   Refer to governing rate basis tariff to                      
                         determine appropriate zone for use in                        
                         determining the poundage rate.                               
                    2.   Refer to Item 1000 or 1040 herein.                           
               Released value of shipment:                                            
                    The rates published in Item 1000 or 1040 are                      
                    applicable only when the value of the property                    
                    declared in writing by the shipper or agreed upon                 
                    in writing as the released value thereof is as                    
                    follows:                                                          
                         Released to a value      Apply the rates as                  
                         not exceeding $100       published in Item                   
                         per package or           1000 or 1040.                       
                         article not enclosed                                         
                         in a package                                                 
                         Released to a value      Apply the rates as                  
                         exceeding $100 per       published in Item                   
                         package or article       1000 or 1040 as                     
                         not enclosed in a        base rates, plus a                  
                         package                  value charge of 25                  
                                                  cents for each $100                 
                                                 or fraction thereof                 
                                                  of value in excess                  
                                                  of the valuation in                 
                                                 which the base rate                 
                                                  applies.                            
               Under the provisions of the tariff, petitioner received from           
          its shippers 25 cents for each additional $100 of declared value            
          of a package shipped, and petitioner referred to the additional             
          amount as an "excess value charge" (EVC).  If a shipper paid the            
          EVC of 25 cents per $100 of value, part or all of the declared              
          value of the package would be paid to the shipper in the event              
          that the package was damaged, lost, or destroyed.  In the event             
          that a shipper did not declare the value of the package to be in            





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