Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Stephan, from 1885 by Stephan, January 7, 1831 - April 8, 1897, was General Postal Director of the German Reich, organizer of the German postal service and co-founder of the Universal Postal Union, was Imperial Imperial Privy Council, State Secretary of the Reichspostamts and royally Prussian Minister of State, Member of the Prussian State Council and the Prussian mansion and canon of Merseburg., digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th century