Sunday, June 3, 2012

Vilnius 1938


This is a Polish postal stationery issued in 1938 during the Polish occupation, depicting the Kościół św. Jana (Šv. Jono bažnyčia/Church of St. John) in Uniwersytet Stefana Batorego (Stepono Batoro universitetas/Stephen Báthory university) in Wilno (now Vilnius) which is the present Vilnius university. The imprinted value is 15 gr. , with the portrait of Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk (Kazimieras IV Jogailaitis/Casimir IV Jagiellon) who was the king of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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