Reichspost
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Reichspost was the name of the postal service in the Holy Roman Empire founded by Franz von Taxis in 1495. From 1871 to 1949 it was the name of the German national postal service, formally Deutsche Reichspost. The Reichspost was succeeded by the Deutsche Bundespost (German federal post office) in West Germany and by the Deutsche Post (German Post) in East Germany.
The German word Reich does not necessarily refer to a monarchy; it usually means "state" or "nation".
There was also an Austrian daily newspaper with the same name from 1894 to 1938.
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