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Weimar / Wiesbaden (dpa / th) - A rare telegram envelope from Weimar was auctioned off at an auction of historical stamps in Wiesbaden on Saturday.
The "Telegraphische Depesche" from Thurn & Taxis from Weimar in 1857 brought in 19,000 euros, as a spokeswoman for the auction house Heinrich Köhler announced on Sunday.
The philatelic gem was called up for 5000 euros.
At that time it had been sent from Weimar to Apolda.
According to the information, the piece is a telegram envelope of the so-called last mile from the telegraph station to the recipient.
In 1850, the first Dresden-Leipzig telegraph line in Saxony was opened to private users in November.
For the further delivery to the recipients, who mostly did not live directly at the telegraph station, messengers from the station or the post office were responsible.
Decorative envelopes were available for this.
The auctioned copy was one of these and came from the stamp collection of the former Tengelmann boss Erivan Haub.
The noble family Thurn and Taxis founded the European postal system in the Middle Ages.
Descendants of the founders operated the post office in various German principalities, including Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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