This is a postally unused block of Soviet stamp with a Soviet order cancellation of Варена/Varėna of 1991. Many of the post offices in Lithuania used provisional postmarks after the restauration of independence but however, some kept using Soviet postmark for awhile because Soviet stamps were still valid. Varėna post office was one of them.
Varėna is a town in southern Lithuania with a population of little over 10000, near the boder of Belarus. During the interwar period, the town has been annexed by Poland under the name: Orany.
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