Ferdinando Giudici HISTORICAL CONTEXT At the beginning of 1870, Prussia, headed by King William I, proposed Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern’s candidacy to the throne of Spain. France, with the Emperor Louis Napoleon III is opposed, fearing an encirclement by the Germanic Empire.On July 2nd, 1870, the French Ambassador Count Vincent de Benedetti met King WilliamContinue reading “Air mail was born 150 years ago”
