This is a polish 25Gr stationery cover added with a 30Gr stamp, sent in 1937 from Święciany (now Švenčionys, lithuania) to Germantown in Philadelphia PA, USA (Germantown is one of the municipal district of Philadelphia). Although the official name of the town was "Święciany", the postmark states "Święciany Wileńskie". This is because there were two "Święciany" at that time in Poland, one in Wilno/Vilnius region (Wileńskie) and the other one in Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie). The cover is adressed from the Państwowe Gimnazjum (National Gymnasium) Józefa Piłsudskiego in Święciany, named after the honor of Józef Piłsudski who was born in the nearby village of Zułów (now Zalavas, Lithuania).
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