Lithuanian folk dance

This is one of the Soviet postal stationery of the folk dance of each Republic consisting the Soviet Union issued in 1960. It is bilingual in Russian and the language of each ethnic group. I find the Soviet stamps and stationery during the 50's, 60's and 70's are particularly well designed.

Alytus 2011

This is a FDC of the commemorative stamps of Alytaus kraštotyros muziejus (Alytus regional museum) cancelled in Alytus on 04/06 2011. The first day cancellation depicts the wooden statue of saint John of Nepomuk which the museum owns. John of Nepomuk was a Czech saint (called Jan Nepomucký in Czech) popular in Lithuania during the Catholic counter-reformation period, depicted in numerous places throughout the country including the coat of arms of Anykščiai.

Kretinga 2010

This is a FDC (first day cover) of the stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kretinga museum in 2010. The museum is located in the former Tiškevičius (Tyszkiewicz in polish) family manor.

Vilnius 1960

2 maximum cards posted in Вильнюс/Vilnius in 1960 during the Soviet occupation.

This is a card with a one of the Soviet stamps of the traditional costume of each republic.

This is a card with a Soviet stamp of a work of Isakas Levitanas (Isaac Levitan/Исаак Левитан), a jewish painter born in Kybartai, Lithuania.