![Thurn und Taxis [Northern District] #18 (1863)](https://stampaday.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/thurn-und-taxis-northern-district-18-1863-a.jpg?w=870&h=773&crop=1)
Today’s entry is a bit unusual in that it concerns a stamp-issuing entity that wasn’t a country, territory or a colony. In fact, it wasn’t a place at all but a family. The Tasso family began providing mail courier services for Italian city-states in the 13th century. By the 16th century, they had a monopoly on postal services, operating a network of postal routes in Spain, … Continue reading Thurn und Taxis [Northern District] #18 (1863)
The Saarland (das Saarland in German la Sarre in French) is one of the sixteen states (or Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. The state borders France (département of Moselle, which forms part of the région of Grand Est) to the south and west, Luxembourg (Grevenmacher District) to the west and Rheinland-Pfalz to the north and the east. It is named after the Saar River, a … Continue reading Saar [German Administration] #288 (1957)
![Germany [German Empire] #39 (1880)](https://stampaday.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/germany-39-1880.jpg?w=870&h=773&crop=1)
The field of German philately is quite a complex one. I am, by no means, an expert and currently have only a very meager starter accumulation in somewhat less-than-stellar condition. However, I am inspired by my research and the German heritage of both of my adoptive parents to begin improving my holdings in this area very soon. For this blog, I have decided to break the … Continue reading Germany [German Empire] #39 (1880)
Bavaria (Bayern) is the largest state of Germany in the southeast of the country with an area of 27,200 square miles (70,548 square kilometers), making up almost a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 12.6 million inhabitants, it’s Germany’s second most populous state. Munich, Bavaria’s capital and largest city, is the third largest city in Germany. The Bavarians emerged in a region north of the … Continue reading Bavaria #2 (1849)
The Grand Duchy of Baden (Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest of Germany on the east bank of the Rhine that came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subsequently split into different lines, which were unified in 1771. It then became the much-enlarged Grand Duchy of Baden through the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1803–06 and … Continue reading Baden #4 (1851)
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