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| Nice postmark of Wilno 1 |
This is a cover sent in 1923 from Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania) to Genève, Suisse, the French spelling for Geneva, Switzerland. Personally speaking, I find this block of 10 stamps of 10 Polish Marks very attractive. Poland in 1923 was in the middle of the hyperinflation and you will often see covers with multiple of stamps on it.
The sender have written the return address as "Vilna", again this is the French spelling for Vilnius, most probably coming from the Russian name of the city.
"The sender have written the return address as "Vilna", again this is the French spelling for Vilnius, most probably coming from the Russian name of the city. "
ReplyDeleteWell.. also the Jewish way of spelling it, and me thinks that there were a LOT more Jews writing to and from than French!
That's surely interesting. I wonder where the Jewish names are originated from then. I found several websites listing Jewish names of Lithuanian cities and towns.
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