Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Raseiniai 1941


Those are one of the local "liberation" overprint stamps issued in 1941 in Raseiniai. The date on the overprint is day when Raseiniai has been "liberated" from the Soviets by the germans. According to Michel, it has 3 types of overprints, from left to right Type I, II and III. They can be easily recognized by the font of the overprints. Michel also mentioned Raseiniai as Rossingen but with the establishment of Deutsche Dienstpost Ostland, The Nazi authority officially renamed the town: Raseinen.

2 comments:

  1. I love those old philatelic values.

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  2. Thank you for the comment! I love them too. I wonder if i would ever be able to stop collecting them... :)

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