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    Nemunėlio (Naujas) Radviliškis 1919-1920

    Nemunėlio (Naujas) Radviliškis is a township ca. 23 km north of Biržai, on the border with Latvia. In World War One, it was entered by German 8. Kavallerie-Division on August 7, 1915. During the German withdrawal from Russia at the end of 1918, formations of the Red Army appeared in the Biržai district in mid-January [...]

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    Telšiai Local Issue of 1920

    The 1920 Telšiai Postmaster’s provisional issue, hectographed on both plain and ruled paper with a blank space for eventual inscription of value. The stamps were hectographed on January 13, 1920 using the post office seal of Telšiai. Altogether 20-22 sheets of ordinary paper and 2-3 sheets of lined paper were divided into 18 sections –three [...]

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