Re: Postal systems

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:53:33 GMT


Ian Gorlick is:
> trying to remember when the first international postal system was set
> up. It was run by a prominent European noble family, I believe the company
> was called something like "Sturn and Taxis"

Pretty close, von Turn und Taxis, if memory serves. Named after one person, I think, not two... Didn't one of the "Illuminatus!" books feature this organisation in some unlikely role?

Slainte,
Alex.


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