Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Anykščiai overprint 1941


Not much is known about this stamp. It is a local issue of a town called Anykščiai, during the german occupation. A date "1941 VI.23" is overprinted on the stamp, this is the day when Anykščiai was "liberated" from the Soviet by the Germans. Six other places issued their own local liberation stamps. They are (in chronological order of the overprinted date) : Raseiniai / Rossingen (later Raseinen) 1941.VI.23, Alsėdžiai / Aledschen 24–VI–41, Ukmergė / Wilkomir 1941 VI 24, Telšiai / Telschen (later Telsche)1941.VI.26, Zarasai / Zargrad (later Ossersee) 1941–VI–26, Panevėžys / Ponewesch 27 VI 41 and Rokiškis / Rakischki (later Rokischken) 1941–VI–27. VILNIUS overprint can be also considered as a local issue but it was rather issued for the whole Vilnius region. That is also the reason why there is no date on the VILNIUS overprint, depending on the location, there was a slight chronological difference on the "liberated" date. Regardless of the date, unlike other issues, the Anykščiai overprint does not have the name of the place that has been issued. The denomination is also not certain, so far I have recognised 5 kopecks stamp (on Soviet stamp Michel Nr. 676) which is the one I have uploaded and the only one I have, 10 kopecks (Michel Nr. 677) and 15 kopecks (Michel Nr. 679). Michel mentions about this stamp, even puts a picture of it, but does not list in number neither gives catalogue value for it. Estimated number of issue : less than 100

3 comments:

  1. Most recent LPS (Lithuania Philatelic Society) journal has a very detailed article on both Anyksciai and Pajuris occupational issues

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  2. Thank you for the info! i really do appreciate it! I will definitely check it.

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