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?