ISSUE 175 - July 4, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Fabulous Firsts:
Wurttemberg (Oct. 15, 1851)
by B.W.H. Poole
From an early period the postal service of Wurttemberg was, with some interruptions, in the hands of the princely house of Thurn and Taxis, but by an agreement dated March 22, 1851, the government of Wurttemberg liberated itself by purchasing the postal privileges from July 1st of that year for the sum of 1,300,000 florins (about $525,000 in 1851). It then proceeded to form its own administration and to join the . . .
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