[MR] Wikipedia: Polish Post Founded

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

On this date in 1558, the Poczta Polska, or Polish postal service, was 
founded. The official postal service was based on private courier 
services used by various merchants between Cracow and Venice. From 1558 
the King of Poland, Sigismund II Augustus, granted licenses and paid the 
costs of the service to various merchants. The initial route was between 
Cracow, Vienna and Venice, with a second service between Cracow, Warsaw 
and Vilnius. The official state correspondence was carried without 
additional charge, but the couriers also accepted private correspondence 
for a fee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poczta_Polska

October 18th is still an official "Polish Post holiday". Does this mean 
no mail is delivered that day? If so, that seems odd, but it's an odd world.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot