A set of 7 stamps were issued on the 30th of June 1941 in Rokiškis. They were hand overprinted on Soviet stamps with 2 kinds of colors, black and red, with the inscription "Laisvas 1941 - VI - 27 Rokiškis". The Germans entered Rokiškis on 28 June, the Lithuanian fully regained the town the previous day from the retreating Soviet army. Later, the German postal authority rename the town Rokischken.
The variety of overprints are pretty complicated, Michel lists the basic 3 (I, II and III) with each having varieties of at least 5 types. I'm trying to collect all of them but... it wasn't as easy as I thought. I'm still trying though...
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