As jewels and goldsmiths' work from the Thurn und Taxis family go under the hammer this month at Sotheby's Geneva, other, even more historically evocative works of art from the collection are on show in the Belgian Archives Géneral to celebrate nearly 500 years of the world's oldest postal service, founded by the Thurn und Taxis, which began with a link between the imperial residence of the Habsburgs in Innsbruck and the court of Margaret of York in Malines, Belgium.
As jewels and goldsmiths' work from the Thurn und Taxis family change this month at Sotheby's Geneva, other, even more historically evocative works of art from the collection are on show in the Belgian Archives Géneral to celebrate nearly 500 years of the world's oldest postal service, founded by the Thurn und Taxis, which began with a link between the imperial residence of the Habsburgs in Innsbruck and the court of Margaret of York in Malines, Belgium.