Švenčionėliai 1942, 1944

Today Im posting 2 covers from Schwentschionellen, now called Švenčionėliai, a town in the north eastern part of present Lithuania. Both posted during the Nazi occupation from the Dienstpost Ostland of Schwentschionellen. There were 3 different postal systems operating at that time in Lithuania, Feldpost which was an exclusive service for the military personels, Dienstpost and the local post. The service of the Dienstpost in the occupied territories was open to civilians but generally reserved to german nationals or the foreigners working for a german authority. Ostland was the german occupation authority in the Baltic region and had its own Dienstpost.


The first one is a registered cover to Glogau, known today as Głogów, Poland. 3 stamps are used here, two of them overprinted "Ostland". Listed Ostland Nr. 10 in Michel, those were Ostland's own stamps. Dienstpost Ostland used both stamps, the ones with the overprints and the ones without. The total of the 3 stamps is 42 Pfennig, according to the postal rates of a registered inland letter at that time (1942), it is correctly franked.



The second cover is also a registered one correctly franked with 42 Pfennig, posted to Vienna, Austria in 1944. As you can see from the Nazi seal here, the service of the Dienstpost was also used by military personels. Both covers have an arrival cancellation on the back of the envelope.
Acquired in 2006 on eBay Germany.