Monday, March 28, 2011

Šiauliai 1916


This is a postally unused stationery cancelled in Schaulen (now Šiauliai,Lithuania) in 1916. This series for the "Postgebiet Ob.Ost" has been ussued in 3 denominations, 5p, 7.5p and 10p. Each denomination has been also issued with the answer part attached.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Vilnius 1959


It is a first day cover of the opening day of Felix Dzerzhinsky museum in Vilnius on the 11th of september 1959. Felix Dzerzhinsky/Feliks Dzierżyński (in lithuanian: Feliksas Dzeržinskis) is known to be the notorius founder of the Bolshevik secret police which later will be known as KGB. The museum was open in his Vilnius house you see on the cover.


The stamp used on the cover, is ones the Soviet republic capital series issued in 1958. It depicts the view of Vilnius from the Gediminas hill.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Vilnius 1967




A women's day greetings sent in 1967 from Vilnius to Šaukėnai. Šaukėnai is a village in Kelmė distrcit with a population of little over 700. There is a nice arrival cancellation. Artwork is by L.Ramonienė. Lithuania postcard designs are surprisingly very nice especially during the 50's and 60's.

Šilutė 1972


A commemorative cover of the 50th anniversary of the Visasąjunginei Lenino pionierių organizacijai/Lenin's pioneer all-union organization, cancelled in Šilutė/Шилуте. It has a special postmark of the philatelic exibition held in Šilutė in 1972.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Vilnius 1926



A postcard sent in 1926 from Wilno (now Vilnius) to Plzeň, Czechoslovakia. One of the stamp is folded on the other side of the card. It has been printed in Vilnius by W.Borkowski.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Vilijampolė (Kaunas) 1944




This is a domestic registered letter sent in 1944 from Vilijampolė to Vilkija. The postmark of the first republic "Kaunas - Vilijampole" has been used to cancel the stamps but this post office was called officially "Kauen 6" (Kauen was the german for Kaunas) during the Nazi regime, as you can see on the registration label. It was a historically pretty controversial post office due to its location at the entrance of Vilijampolė jewish ghetto.
Vilijampolė is one of the Kaunas municipal districts, given its name from the river Neris which is called "Vilija" in Slavic language. Neris river joins the Nemunas river and ends here.
An arrival cancellation of Vilkija is on the back of the cover. The letter is correctly franked with 42p Ostland overprinted stamps according to the inland registered letter rate at the time.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Druskininkai 1961



This is a postal stationery with an illustration of a children's sanatorium in Друскининкай/Druskininkai, issued in 1961, in mint condition.

Vilnius 1910




A registered cover sent in 1910 from Вильна Вокзаль/Vilna Vokzal(Vilnius station) to Hamburg, Germany. Vilna station post office is now called "Vilnius 13" in the modern Lithuania. The sender is St.-Petersburger Privat-Handels-Bank Wilnaer Filiale/St. Petersburg Private Trade Bank Vilnius branch office. The inscription "заказное" means "registered" in russian.