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Archives for January 2010

Tryškiai 1919-1920

January 30, 2010 By Vytautas Doniela

Tryškiai (Trischki, Trishki) is a small town in Žemaitija, in 1923 pop.1400, which acquired a post office in the czarist period, some time after 1900. In WWI, when the German army undertook a swift offensive into Žemaitija and Courland on the morning … [Read more...] about Tryškiai 1919-1920

Filed Under: Provisional Postmarks Tagged With: Postal History, Try?kiai

Tirkšliai

January 29, 2010 By Vytautas Doniela

Tirkšliai is a township in Žemaitija (Samogitia) which seems to have had no post office before WWI. In WWI it was occupied during the German push into Žemaitija and Courland which started on April 27, 1915. While the township was visited by German … [Read more...] about Tirkšliai

Filed Under: Provisional Postmarks Tagged With: Postal History, Tirk?liai

Salantai 1919-1920

January 29, 2010 By Vytautas Doniela

The township Salantai (Salanty), in 1940 pop. ca. 2200, in Žemaitija or Samogitia acquired its first post office in czarist times, sometime before WWI. During WWI it was occupied by German troops soon after the swift German push into Žemaitija and … [Read more...] about Salantai 1919-1920

Filed Under: Provisional Postmarks Tagged With: Postal History, Salantai

Viekšniai 1919

January 29, 2010 By Vytautas Doniela

The township Viekšniai (Wekschni, Viekshni, Viekshnia) lies on the major railway route Liepaja (Libau, Libava) to Vilnius with a further link to Romni in the Ukraine, which was constructed in czarist times for large-scale transportation of … [Read more...] about Viekšniai 1919

Filed Under: Provisional Postmarks Tagged With: Postal History, Viek?niai

Pakruojis 1919

January 23, 2010 By Vytautas Doniela

In czarist times, the post-and-telegraph office of Pakruojis (Pokroi) was opened some time before 1900. Most, if not all, of its cancellers have been listed by Vytautas Fugalevičius (Witold Fugalewitsch) in his volume on Postal Markings in … [Read more...] about Pakruojis 1919

Filed Under: Provisional Postmarks Tagged With: Pakruojis, Pokroi, Postal History

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