Lithuania

Lithuania stamps

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Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic States. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the southwest. Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden and Denmark. Its population is 3.28 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania

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#471

Scott: #468-71O

Issued: 16.11.1993

75th Anniversary, Lithuanian Postal System

Inside #471: Lithuania #1O

#492

Scott: #492P

Issued: 21.5.1994

100th Postage Stamp

1990 Inside #492: As the first stamp from 1990 - #371P

1999

Scott: #636P

Issued: 31.7.1999

75th Anniversary of Philatelic Society

Inside #636: Lithuania #1O

1990 Inside #636: As the first stamp from 1990 - Lithuania #371P

Lithuania #371 without printed perfs

Lithuania #636 booklet cover - front and back

Lithuania #636 booklet - inside imprint-folded stamps

Lithuania booklet strip unfolded

Lou wrote: In addition to the stamp that was issued in sheetlets of 25, a special booklet with a folded strip of 10 was also produced. Scott's notes the booklet but does not give it a separate catalog #.

The stamp illustrates parts of Lithuania #1 from the first republic issue of 1918 and Lithuania #371, one of 4 stamps produced while Lithuania was still part of the USSR, but used after independence as the first issue of the second republic. These stamps were imperforate, and a later issue was also imperf but had printed perfs added.

Scott: #676P (Mi #738)

Issued: 7.10.2000

Reappearance of Lithuanian Postage stamps

1990

Inside#676: Fragments of first stamps and postal stationary envelope of Independent Lithuania - #371P

Scott: #820P

Issued: 7.10.2006

From the Post History

Inside #820: Lithuania #1O

Inside #820: Lithuania #2O

Lithuanian post was established on 16th November 1918

Scott: #830-2O

Issued: 27.1.2007

Famous People

1 L. multicoloured. Writer Bernardas Brazdzhionis (1907 - 2002)
1 L. multicoloured. Artist Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas (1907 - 1997)
3 L. multicoloured. State chancellor of the GDL Leonas Sapiega (1557 - 1633)

Inside #831: Vatican City #264P

Scott: #849P

Issued: 6.10.2007

From the Post History - Establishment of Lithuanian Post 1992

Inside #849: Lithuania stamp TBI

1990 Inside #849: Lithuania #491P

1990A Inside #849: Lithuania #492P (negativ)

Scott: #1139O

Issued: 30.11.2018

Centenary of First Stamps

Inside #1139: Lithuania #1O

Inside #1139: Lithuania #2O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Richelmi Plinio

Scott: #1244O

Issued: 19.07.2024

100th Anniversary of the Lithuanian Philatelists Union

Inside #1244: Lithuania #C16O

Lou wrote: On July 19, 2024, Lithuania issued an imperf €1.55 stamp to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Lithuanian Philatelists Union. The design is of the cover of the first issue of the Philatelist periodical in 1924; reproduced in black and white is Lithuania Sc #C16 issued in 1922.

A set of three stamps in the same design were produced in 1921 to publicize the start of the first air post service, but not put into use until 1922, when they were overprinted with ZENKLAS (STAMP) on STEIGIMAS (FOUNDED) in the right panel and vertical bars on the 1921 VI 25 date in the lower left of the vignette. These changes do not show well in the small SoS.