Clapper Post
Clapper Post (German: [Klapperpost] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) was an urban postal service, which existed in Vienna (since 1772), capital of Austria, and in other cities of that country. Its name refers to an instrument, clapper (type of a rattle), into which a mailman struck, notifying about his arrival. In Vienna, Clapper Post existed more than ten years.[1][2]
Clapper mailman (engraving; late 18th century)
A unique money letter with 50 florins in the form of banknotes from Prague to the town councillors of Ungarisch Skalitz (today's Skalica, Slovak Republic; 1783)
References
- ↑ Ilma, V. (Nov 1978). Funk & Wagnalls Guide to the World of Stamp Collecting: The Joys of Stamp Collecting for the Beginning and Advanced Philatelist (1st ed.). New York, USA: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 71. ISBN 0308103300.
- ↑ Календарь филателиста на 1973 год (in Russian). М.: Связь. 10–16 сентября. 1972.
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Other websites
Media related to Clapper Post at Wikimedia Commons- "Clapper Post". Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms. AskPhil; Collectors Club of Chicago. Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- "Wiener Klapperpost". Philapedia. Das Lexikon der Philatelie (in German). Philapedia.de; Philatus, Briefmarken Peter Schapler. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Österreichisches Postgeschichte – Dr R Wurth with articles by Dr Christine Kainz". The APS Library (in German). Austrian Philatelic Society (APS). Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Austro-Hungarian Empire". Stamp Atlas. Sandafayre Stamp Auctions. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- "Exhibit: Austria 1783 – «Lesser» or «Clapper» Post from Prague. Exhibitor: The Postal Museum, Prague, Czechia". EXPONET. Virtual International Philatelic Exhibition. Japhila; Břetislav Janík. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- "The Victorian police rattle mystery". Constabulary.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28. Photos of similar rattles are given that were used by English police in the 19th c.
