Reichspost (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌpɔst]; "Imperial Mail") was the name of the postal service of Germany from 1866 to 1945. Upon the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian...
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Kaiserliche Reichspost (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌpɔst], Imperial Mail), originally named Niederländische Postkurs (Low Countries' postal route), was the name of...
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ˈpɔst]) was a private postal service and the successor to the Imperial Reichspost of the Holy Roman Empire. The Thurn-und-Taxis Post was operated by the...
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Reich Postal Ministry (section Deutsche Reichspost)
After World War I, in February 1919, the ministry succeeded the former Reichspost agency of the German Empire that had been established in the course of...
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Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and Forschungsanstalt der Deutschen Reichspost (RPF). It was produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH and approximately 310 units...
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philatelically related areas. The main modern providers of service were the Reichspost (1871–1945), the Deutsche Post under Allied control (1945–1949), the Deutsche...
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mid-1920s German postbus from 1925 German Reichspost parcel delivery van from mid-1920s Nineteenth century German Reichspost mail coach for both passengers and...
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fourth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 17 March 1773...
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received in and around Berlin, later also in other German cities via special Reichspost long distance cables. It became very popular when it covered the 1936...
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Height 111 m (364.17 ft) Design and construction Main contractor Deutsche Reichspost Historic Monument of Poland Designated 2017-03-15 Reference no. Dz. U...
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been drawn up by Heinrich von Stephan, Postmaster-General of the German Reichspost who demanded from the neutral Switzerland the organization of an International...
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government postal administration created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost. It was also the major telephone company in West Germany. On 1 July 1989...
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Republic. From 1926, a majority share was held by the state-owned Deutsche Reichspost authority, represented by RF engineer and Reichspostministerium official...
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benefitted majorly from the establishment and expansion of the Kaiserliche Reichspost in the late 15th and early 16th century. Even when the Habsburg empire...
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Postal Protection), after 1942 SS-Postschutz, was a paramilitary unit of Reichspost with a mission to protect post office installations from armed attacks...
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the South German states united to form the German Empire. The German Reichspost established a uniform set of postage rates and regulations for the new...
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of Strategic Services during World War II that aimed to trick Deutsche Reichspost into inadvertently delivering anti-Nazi propaganda to German citizens...
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in Germany in 1926, becoming an operational service in 1933 run by the Reichspost (the German imperial postal service). It had a speed of 50 baud—approximately...
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could travel 180 kilometers in a day. This system became the Imperial Reichspost, administered by Tasso descendants (subsequently known as Thurn-und-Taxis)...
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early capitalism", having benefited from being part of the Kaiserliche Reichspost system as "the location of the most important post office within the Holy...
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appointing Franz von Taxis to run it. This system, originally the Kaiserliche Reichspost, is often considered the first modern postal service in the world, which...
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wireless telegraphy was developed using radio waves. In 1933, the German Reichspost (Reich postal service) introduced the first "telex" service. The University...
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some parts of Europe, on and off, until the 18th century (Kaiserliche Reichspost).[citation needed] Anachronism Historical authenticity Suspension of disbelief...
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7-kreuzer stamp, 1868. The postal services in the north German states were united into the Norddeutscher Postbezirk, the predecessor of the Reichspost....
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Alexandrine von Taxis, German Imperial General Postmaster of the Kaiserliche Reichspost Gese Wechel, first female postmaster in Sweden Benjamin F. Stapleton,...
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Baptista von Taxis (1470-1541) as Generalpostmeister of the Kaiserliche Reichspost. Johann Baptista was briefly succeeded by his eldest son, Franz II von...
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continued in use until 1945. The first "Automobile post line" of the Reichspost was opened in 1906, between Friedberg and Ranstadt. Before railroads,...
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Collectors who aspired to put together a complete collection of issues of the Reichspost had an interest in acquiring this stamp. However, because philatelists...
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television transmitter to the German standard of 441 lines, recovered from the Reichspost in Germany, and which was installed by technicians from Berlin. Fernsehsender...
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the year 1929, he had become the president of the Central Office of the Reichspost, Germany's central postal service. With the Nazi takeover in 1933 Ohnesorge...
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