Saturday, March 10, 2012

Druskininkai 1938




This is a postcard sent from Druskieniki (now Druskininkai, Lithuania) in 1938. This picture shows the Nemunas/Niemen river which used to be the border between Lithuania and the territory under polish occupation.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Vilkija 1910


Вильки / Vilki (now Vilkija, Lithuania)
This is a postcard sent in 1910 from Вильки / Vilki (now Vilkija, Lithuania) Ков(Kovna Gubernia) to the US. Vilkija is a small town in the central part of Lithuania along the Nemunas river with a population of little over 2000.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Klaipėda 1910






I recently got hold of a nice collection of postcards sent from Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania) in 1910 to Paris, France. Memel was still part of Germnay at that time and the postcards are franked with regular Germania stamps.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Raseiniai 1872


Россıяны / Rossiyany (now Raseiniai, Lithuania)
A postcard sent from Россıяны / Rossiyany (now Raseiniai, Lithuania) in 1872 to Ковно/Kovno (now Kaunas, Lithuania) during the Imperial Russian rule.

Vilnius 1939


This is a Polish postal stationery with a very rare commemorative cancellation of 25 LECIE WIL.DYW.PIECH.LEG (Wileńska Dywizja Piechoty Legionów)/25th anniversary of Vilnius Infantry Division, cancelled in Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania).

Monday, December 5, 2011

Šnipiškės (Vilnius) arrival cancellation 1909



Вильна - Снипишки / Vilna Snipishki (now Šnipiškės, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Normally I should have named this thread as "Telšiai 1909" but since I got hold of a rare arrival cancellation of Šnipiškės, I have decided to write about it. It's a postal stationery during the Imperial Russian period sent in 1909 from Тельши / Telshi (now Telšiai, Lithuania) to Снипишки / Snipishki (now Šnipiškės, Vilnius, Lithuania). Снипишки/Šnipiškės is one of the Vilnius municipal districts, and was also at that time as you can see on the cancellation with the inscription "Вильна / Vilna - Снипишки/Snipishki".

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Central Lithuania / Litwa Środkowa 1921



Those are complete sheets of stamps of Central Lithuania/Litwa Środkowa. Both are definitive issue of 1921. I got those in a forgotten antique bookstore in a small town in Kanagawa prefecture, japan.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Žagarė 1907



Жагоры / Zhagory (now Žagarė, Lithuania)

This is a postcard send in 1907 from Жагоры / Zhagory (now Žagarė, Lithuania), Ковен.Г.(Ковенская Губерния/Kovna Gubernia) to Mitava, which is now Jelgava, Latvia.