>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?
It's actually Thurn und Taxis. (Good memory there Alex.) There's a little
blurb on the family at:
http://www.eurohistory.com/thurn.html
The latest prince and princess used to be famous jet setters.
Oliver D. Bernuetz
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