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Saxony Uswald et al., Theodor Wilhelm On the postal service and how it should be organised (manuscript title). 1687–1704. A collection of 18 manuscript documents by various authors. Each comprising between 2 and 6 pages, as well as 12 (including one double-page) typographic, partly multi-folded tabular notices listing postal connections between Saxon towns. Predominantly folio (approx. 35 x 21.5 cm). Thread-bound fascicle. Enclosed in a late cardboard cover dating from around 1930 with a handwritten note reading ‘Postal routes around 1700’. Contains reflections and efforts by Duke Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707) to establish a postal route for the capital city of Eisenberg in the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenberg, which existed for only a relatively short time, including, amongst other things: A two-page handwritten discussion entitled ‘Memorial’ by Theodor Wilhelm Uswald, Postmaster of Zeitz, dated 1704. – 1 manuscript. A draft for the project to establish a postal service between the towns of Jena, Eisenberg, Zeitz and Altenburg, including arrival and departure times. – Printed notices for postal routes: 1. Specification as to how the Royal Polish … Posts, arriving and departing weekly … in the royal residence of Zeitz. Annno 1702. Zeitz, Theodorus Wilhelm Uswald, Postmaster. (33.5 x 39 cm). - 2. Postal timetable, detailing the arrival and departure times of the mounted chamber postmen and messengers in the ... royal residence of Gotha. Gotha, August Boetio, Chamber Post Agent and bookseller, undated (33.4 x 37.5 cm). – 3. Thus, for some weeks now … the mounted and carriage post carriers travelling from here to Nuremberg have had to pass through the royal town of Zeitz, … as recorded here … Leipzig, Chief Post Office, 8 October 1698. (32.5 x 19 cm). – 4. Post Table. Containing the dates and times at which the express post coaches arrive in and depart from Jena … (Jena), Samuel Adolph Mueller, undated (52.5 x 38 cm). - 5. Report on how the post carriages and boats arrive at and depart from Gera … Gera, Post Office, 9 May 1699. (20 x 31 cm). - 6. This document hereby announces … that a swift coach post service is to be established from here via Weißenfelß and Naumburg to Jena in such a way … that it meets up precisely in Jena with the coach bound for Frankfurt … Leipzig, Chief Post Office, 1698. (22.5 x 31.5 cm). - 7. Zeitz Post Report. … (Zeitz), Carl Ernst Schmied, Postmaster appointed by the Elector of Saxony. (34.5 x 39 cm). – 8th Postal Table. Showing at what times the Frankfurt, Leipzig and Hamburg post coaches arrive at and depart from the Electoral and Princely Saxon residences and other towns twice a week … Gera, Post Office, undated. (40 x 32 cm). - 9. List showing how the post arrives and departs from Leipzig … ... Leipzig, printed during the Easter Fair of 1698. (32.5 x 39.5 cm). - Mostly untrimmed handmade paper, some with watermarks. - Some pages browned due to the paper; the notices partly with minor losses, crease marks and stains (1 page with streaky stains), otherwise a generally well-preserved, unique collection of documents on the history of the German postal service around 1700, using the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenberg as an example. A collection of 18 manuscript documents concerning the postal service and its organisation, as well as 12 (one of which is a duplicate) typographic, partly multi-folded tabular notices listing postal connections between Saxon towns. Thread-bound fascicle. Enclosed in a later cardboard cover dating from around 1930 with a handwritten note reading ‘Postal routes around 1700’. - Contains deliberations and efforts by the court bureaucracy of Duke Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707) to establish a postal route for the capital city of Eisenberg in the Duchy of Saxony-Eisenberg, which existed for only a relatively short time, including, amongst other things: A two-page manuscript entitled ‘Memorial’ by Theodor Wilhelm Uswald, Postmaster of Zeitz, dated 1704. - 1 handwritten draft for the project of a postal service between the towns of Jena, Eisenberg, Zeitz and Altenburg, including arrival and departure times. - Printed notices for the postal service routes as listed above. - Mostly uncut handmade paper, some with watermarks. - Partially browned due to the paper; printed sheets show some minor defects, crease marks and stains (one page with mould marks); otherwise, a well-preserved, unique collection of documents relating to German postal history around 1700. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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