day of the stamp - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1970 - 3.50 Shilling

When one speaks of "Postautogarage", everyone knows what it means. However, in today's "Postsattelkammer" one must think to realize that it was a room where post-saddles, riding-bags, bridles, whips, horseshoes and similar things were stored. At the beginning of the European postal service around 1500 were riding post couriers. Fast horse races meant the uranium catches of the postal organization. For this it was necessary to prepare everything that belonged to the riding and had to be replaced at the horse changing post offices. As from the turn of the 17th century, postman and travelers began to use not only the riding horses, but also the wagon, the saddle chamber extended to the dishwashing chamber. Now came to saddle and bridle the harness. Since the middle of the 18th century regular postal carriage courses have been introduced on Austrian roads. From then on, the dishwashing chamber was an essential requirement of almost every major postal station. Only very small stations had crockery and saddles in the stable, housed in the vaulted passage in front or in the Wagenremise. The brand image shows Galaschlittenkummet, saddle, Felleisen and Posthorn from the possession of the Post and Telegraph Museum in Vienna.