1588, before teh founding of the KATSCHBERG REITERPOST, from Gmünd
in Carinthia to Salzburg, dated 2 April 1588, messenger letter sent
to
1588, before teh founding of the KATSCHBERG REITERPOST, from Gmünd
in Carinthia to Salzburg, dated 2 April 1588, messenger letter sent
to the noble House of Lodron, specifically addressed to the
brothers of the later Archbishop of Salzburg, Christoph Graf zu
Lodron, carried by Salzburg ecclesiastical messenger service via
the Liesertal valley and over the Katschberg mountain pass, early
usage on the route that would later become the formal Katschberg
Reiterpost, complete folded letter with manuscript address and
paper-covered wax seal on reverse, historically significant example
of Salzburg ecclesiastical communication across remote Carinthian
territories, predating the establishment of the formal postal
system (1763), written in chancery hand with references to clerical
administration, exceptionally early document related to the later
princely-episcopal postal infrastructure of the region, VF!
Estimate 1.200€.
