Height x Width: 19 3/4 × 15 1/8 in. (50.17 × 38.42 cm)
Type:
Archival Material
Place:
Germany (German empire)
Jena
Date:
1748
Description:
The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis operated postal systems in western and central Europe for the better part of four centuries. Operations ranged from a monopoly under the auspices of the Holy Roman Empire during the 16th-18th centuries, to a private postal system in competition with government services in the 19th century.
