"Postgebiet Ob.Ost" stands for Postgebiet Oberbefehlshaber Ost, which means: Postal district of the Supreme Commander in the East.
Wladislawow (now Kudirkos Naumiestis)
Wylkowyszki (now Vilkaviškis)
Schaulen (now Šiauliai)
Wilna (now Vilnius), rare Michel #12A
Olita (now Alytus), Michel #12B
It is in the period 1917-1918, when Germany at first did win the war against Russia (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk) and later did loose the Second World War. Actual Lithuania, Poland and Belarus had been occupied, while in Estonia-Livonia-Courland (actual Estonia and Latvia) it had been proclaimed a short-living "Baltic Duchy".
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ReplyDeleteThese Postgebiet Ob.Ost overprinted stamps were used also in Estonia. I have several of those stamps with cancellation of Reval, Dorpat and Walk.