About Us

The post horn was the musical instrument ‘par excellence’ used by postilions during the 18th and 19th century to signal the arrival or departure of a postal courier or a mail coach. It became one of the most important iconic aspects of the postal service and it is still used by many national postal services to identify their range of services. It is no surprise that symphonic music and opera composers such as Rossini, Mozart, Adam and Mahler could not resist the temptation to feature this instrument in their compositions.

Post Horn’ aim is to herald new information about postal history – on a global scale with eye-appeal graphics and illustrations. Post Horn is headed by Claudio Ernesto Manzati, assisted by an editorial board including Giorgio Migliavacca and Thomas Mathà, who are also co-founders of the magazine, and a number of international contributing editors on our website www.posthornmagazine.com which provides their profiles.

The magazine will average 100 pages per issue with a twice a year periodicity, it will be sent free to the members of CIFO the Italian Collectors of Definitive Stamps www.cifo.eu and – at this early stage – the magazine is being sent to all Postal History Societies to familiarize all potential readership about its existence while imparting additional momentum to this fascinating aspect of history.