Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — Early European Postal Events. [ARTICLE]

Early European Postal Events.

1500, March 1 (O. 8.). Frauds de Taxis appointed “capitine et maistre de nos postes” by Philip, Regent of the Netherlands, at Ghent It is a matter of record that the Taxis posts carried English mails from Calais to Vienna and Rome before 1500. 1504, Jan. 18 (O. 8.). Francis de Taxis Instructed to establish regular posts between Brussels and the capitals of Germany, France, and Spain, with pay at 12,000 livres per annum. <, 1507. England had a “magister postarum,” appointed by Henry VII. Possibly it was Sir Brian Tuke, who served until 1545. 1516, Nov. 12. Charles V. concluded a contract with Francis and Baptist de Taxis requiring them, for 11,000 gold dueats, to maintain posts between Brussels, the capitals of Germany, France, and Spain, and Naples. Every postoffice was to have two horses. The Brussels-Paris route was to be covered In thirty-six hours, Brussels-Burgos in given days, and Brussels-Naples In fourteen days.—The Postal Record. A woman’s shoulders are not os broad as her husband's, but she can carry more chips on them.