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hide. Beginning. Free frank. Thurn and Taxis. The princely house of Thurn and Taxis ran a private postal service from 1806-1867, the system itself going back centuries as a private postal service in the Holy Roman Empire. Technically, stamps are issues of a private postal service and not of any state.
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- 13Th-Century Origins
- Holy Roman Empire
- How It Worked
- Dominating Europe
- After The Holy Roman Empire
The story of Thurn and Taxis’ association with Europe’s post is thought to begin in the late 13th century. At that point, the family name was Tassis or Tasso, and it was known to operate courier deliveries in Italy from around 1290. It was Omodeo or Amadeo Tasso who established this business, setting up the Compagnia dei Corrieri (‘company of couri...
Franz von Taxis, as head of an effective courier service in Italy, was appointed the official postal courier of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Maximilian I in 1489. In 1504, von Taxis was also appointed postmaster to Philip I of Spain. With this imperial backing, von Taxis oversaw the international expansion of the family’s postal service. Von Ta...
Stations were set up across the Holy Roman Empire where riders could rest and change weary horses for rested ones. Couriers would often ride through the night to deliver the mail as fast as possible, setting a new gold standard for the delivery of post. Mail was carried in satchels typically cased in iron, to protect the contents. These were known ...
As of 1516, the Taxis postal service was extended to Brussels, meaning it stretched from Spain, Italy and Praguein southern Europe up to France, Germany and the Low Countries. Despite various upheavals in the 16th and 17th centuries, Thurn and Taxis retained control of much of west and central Europe’s post. The family’s position of imperial postma...
The Holy Roman Empire was falling into decline towards the end of the 18th century. As such, European states began launching their own postal services. This of course threatened Thurn and Taxis’ monopoly, which by that point had some 20,000 riders across the continent. As governmental postal servicesrose in prevalence, the Holy Roman Empire broke u...
Beginning in 1852, Thurn and Taxis issued postage stamps for use on its mail. The stamps were in two designs, numeral in square frame for the northern district and numeral in circular frame for the southern district, since different currencies were in use in the two districts.
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