Showing posts with label Gudžiūnai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gudžiūnai. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Cancellations of Lit.SSR - 10

Gudžiūnai, Kauno apskritis (Kaunas County)
population: 491 (2011 census)

Gudžiūnai 1969

Lapiai, Klaipėdos apskritis (Klaipėda County)
population: 397 (2005 census)

Lapiai 1969

Lyduokiai, Vilniaus apskritis (Vilnius County)
population 142 (2011 census)

Lyduokiai 1973

Rozalimas, Šiaulių apskritis (Šiauliai County)
population: 928 (2001 census)

Rozalimas 1969

Stalgėnai, Telšių apskritis (Telšiai County)
population 465 (2001 census)

Stalgėnai 1969

Friday, June 1, 2012

Gudžiūnai 1943



This is a registered letter sent in 1943 from Guziuny (now Gudžiūnai, Lithuania) to Kremsier (now Kroměříž, Czech Republic) in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia at that time. The registration label states also the name of the district Kedahnen (now Kėdainiai district) because there are 2 locations called Gudžiūnai in Lithuania (the other one in Jurbarko rajono savivaldybė/Jurbarkas district municipality). The cancellation is bilingual, written by the German and Lithuanian name which was not so common in Ostland. In most of the case, the Dienspost used exclusively the German local name and the regular post offices often used the old postmark from the first republic especially in the small towns like Gudžiūnai with the  population of 500 at that time (nowdays approximately 700). The Ostland stamps are used mixed with regular Reich stamp which was also valid.