Kupiškis 1911

This is an answer part of an Imperial Russian round trip double postal stationery sent in 1911 from Купишки / Kupishki (now Kupiškis, Lithuania),  Ков (Kovna gubernia) to ПоневѢж / Ponevezh (now Panevėžys, Lithuania). The text on the back is Jewish but the interesting part is that on the top, there is a name and an address in Chicago, US. I don't know if the sender is writing to this person or it is the sender himself since I can't read Jewish at all. Kupiškis appears in lot of prewar Jewish documents because they apparently had a large community there.

Joniškis 1913

Hebrew text on the back

from Янишки / Yanishki to Двинск / Dvinsk

This is a postal stationery sent in 1913 from Янишки / Yanishki (now Joniškis, Lithuania), Ков (Kovno gubernia) to Двинск / Dvinsk (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Nice arrival cancel of Двинск город.  / Dvinsk city! It has again the old manuscript looking Jewish text on the back which was the major reason why I bought this card in the first place. Prewar Joniškis had a large number of Jewish people with some fine Synagogues which were very recently restored.

Linkuva 1912?

This is an Imperial Russian postal stationery sent from Линково / Linkovo (now Linkuva, Lithuania), Ков (Kovno gubernia) to Riga. From the postmark it looks like it is 1912 but I'm not 100% sure. On the bottom left of the front, there is a part of Riga arrival machine cancel with the typical three lines. Unfortunately, the card has traces of folds but the Hebrew text on the back makes it look like an Indiana Jones old manuscript! I have absolutely no knowledge of the Hebrew language though...

Utena 1913

This is an Imperial Russian postal stationery sent in 1913 from Уцяны/Utsyany (now Utena, Lithuania), Ков (Kovna/Kaunas Gubernia) to Варшава/Varshava (Warszawa/Warsaw, Poland). The sender is obviously Jewish, you see on the back the Hebrew text which I have absolutely no idea what is it written about unfortunately. Utena was historically known for it's Jewish population, according to the 1875 Russian census, 75% of the population of the city was Jewish. It has a nice arrival cancel of Варшава/Warszawa.

Leckava 1913

Ляцково / Lyatzkowo (now Leckava, Lithuania), Лайжево / Layzhevo (now Laižuva, Lithuania)

It is postcard with the reply part still attached, used in 1913 from Ляцково / Lyatzkowo (now Leckava, Lithuania) to Лайжево / Layzhevo (now Laižuva, Lithuania). Both are small village in the present Mažeikiai district, and had large percentage of Jewish population. From the 2001 census, Leckava had a population of 235 and Laižuva 560. According to IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project homepage, in the year 1900, Leckava had 830 of jewish population and Laižuva 434. Both villages still have a well preserved jewish cemetery. The inscription of "Ков" in both cancellations is the abreviation of Ковна/Kovna Gubernia.

Vilnius-Rivne Railway post 1914

Railway post cancel Вильно / Vilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania) - Ровно / Rovno (now Rivne, Ukraine)

A postcard with a cancellation of the railway post number 112 between Вильно / Vilno (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Ровно / Rovno (Rivne, Ukraine) sent to Baranovichi in 1914 during the time of Imperial Russia. It is interesting that the adress has been written in Cyrillic alphabet but the text itself is in Hebrew.