GERMAN EMPIRE
1914
SAXONY POSTAL SERVICE
This series of 12 postcards commemorates the work of the Saxony postal service. There is no date of issue specified, so I have placed them here because the earliest postally used item I have seen was cancelled on 16th Dec 1914. In addition, these cards were all created from paintings by artist Gustav Miller which were signed and dated from 1912 to 1913.The cards are all inscribed as follows:
12 farbige Bilder aus den Tagen
der Kurfürstlichen und der Königlich
Sächsischen Post
1770-1865.
Nach zeitgenössischen Vorlagen.
Bild X: Stadtpostbote 1830
(Sächsische "Briefsammlung" in Dresden)
der Kurfürstlichen und der Königlich
Sächsischen Post
1770-1865.
Nach zeitgenössischen Vorlagen.
Bild X: Stadtpostbote 1830
(Sächsische "Briefsammlung" in Dresden)
12 color pictures from the days of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Post Office
1770-1865.
Based on contemporary models.
Image X: City Postman 1830
(Saxon "Letter Collection" in Dresden)
1770-1865.
Based on contemporary models.
Image X: City Postman 1830
(Saxon "Letter Collection" in Dresden)
CARD No.1
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTMEISTER 1770
Card No.1 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTMEISTER 1770" - 'SAXON ELECTORAL POST MASTER 1770'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.
No. 1
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
No. 1
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No. 2
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1780
Card No.2 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1780" - 'SAXON POSTMAN 1780'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1914.
No. 2
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No. 3
KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1790
Card No.3 is entitled "KURSÄCHSISCHER POSTILLON 1790" - 'SAXON POSTMAN 1790'.
No. 3
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No. 4
No. 4
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
CARD No.5
STADTPOSTBOTE 1830
Card No.5 is inscribed "STADTPOSTBOTE 1830" - 'CITY MAIL 1830'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.
No. 5
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No.6
KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHER POSTILLION
UND POSTFUβBOTE 1833
Card No.6 is inscribed "KÖNIGLICH SÄCHSISCHER POSTILLION UND POSTFUβBOTE 1833" - 'ROYAL SAXON POSTILLION AND POSTCODE 1833'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.
No. 6
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No. 7
No. 7
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
CARD No. 8
No. 8
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
CARD No. 9
No. 9
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
CARD No. 10
Card No.11 is inscribed "LANDBRIEFTRÄGER 1859" - 'COUNTRY CARRIER 1859'
No. 10
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No.11
STADTBRIEFTRÄGER 1860
Card No.11 is inscribed "STADTBRIEFTRÄGER 1860" - 'CITY CARRIER 1860'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1914.
No. 11
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
CARD No.12
"DAS LIED IST AUS" 1865
Card No.12 is inscribed "DAS LIED IST AUS 1860" - 'THE SONG IS OVER 1860'. Signed Gustav Miller, Dresden, 1913.
No. 12
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION
No. 12
POSTAL WORKERS
POSTAL WORKERS
FROM MY COLLECTION