Gudžiūnai 1943

This is a registered letter sent in 1943 from Guziuny (now Gudžiūnai, Lithuania) to Kremsier (now Kroměříž, Czech Republic) in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia at that time. The registration label states also the name of the district Kedahnen (now Kėdainiai district) because there are 2 locations called Gudžiūnai in Lithuania (the other one in Jurbarko rajono savivaldybė/Jurbarkas district municipality). The cancellation is bilingual, written by the German and Lithuanian name which was not so common in Ostland. In most of the case, the Dienspost used exclusively the German local name and the regular post offices often used the old postmark from the first republic especially in the small towns like Gudžiūnai with the  population of 500 at that time (nowdays approximately 700). The Ostland stamps are used mixed with regular Reich stamp which was also valid.