It is a first day cover of the opening day of Felix Dzerzhinsky museum in Vilnius on the 11th of september 1959. Felix Dzerzhinsky/Feliks Dzierżyński (in lithuanian: Feliksas Dzeržinskis) is known to be the notorius founder of the Bolshevik secret police which later will be known as KGB. The museum was open in his Vilnius house you see on the cover.
The stamp used on the cover, is ones the Soviet republic capital series issued in 1958. It depicts the view of Vilnius from the Gediminas hill.
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