1990 Germany Silver Medal 500th Post Anniversary, picturing Dürer's Postrider (Der kleine Postreiter)

D. = 40 mm. 32.52 g Ag, low mintage, only 30

Franz von Taxis, founder of the postal network in the Holy Roman Empire, 1459 Camerata Cornello, Province of Bergamo, Italy - 1517 Brussels, Flanders (today Belgium)

Brb. von vorn mit Briefrolle und Geld, Umschrift : "· FRANZ VON TAXIS 1459 - 1517 · AUS DER GESCHICHTE VON POST UND VERKEHR" / Postreiter n.l. unten Monogramm Dürers, obenherum : "500 JAHRE DEUTSCHE POST 1490 / 1990". Dienel 43-1990.

Post riders or postriders describes a horse and rider postal delivery system that existed at various times and various places throughout history. The term is usually reserved for instances where a network of regularly scheduled service was provided under some degree of central management by the State or State licensed monopoly.

These networks included predefined routes known as post roads complete with distance markers and waypoints. Unlike other forms of mounted courier, post riders collected and delivered mail over the course of their route, meeting with other riders at scheduled times and scheduled places to exchange forwarded items. In this way correspondence could pass reliably from rider to rider and cover a considerable distance in a reasonable time at reduced cost.

Artists:

HK (Helmut König), 1934 Milan, Italy - 2017 Zella-Mehlis, Thüringen and AD monogram (Albrecht Dürer), 1471 Nürnberg - 1528 Nürnberg

Condition:

UNCIRCULATED.

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