When the First World War started in August 1914, Lithuania had been under Russian czarist rule, as a part of the Russian Empire, since the final partition of the Lithuanian - Polish Union in 1795. One of the consequences was the obligation of … [Read more...]
The First Flight KAUNAS – PALANGA, 1939
Although the first regular air link between KAUNAS and Lithuania's seaside resort PALANGA eventuated rather late, on June 3, 1939, it had, quite naturally, its own pre-history - indeed, a pre-history which was subject to enforced circumstances. For … [Read more...]
ALSĖDŽIAI : Story of Its Cancels
The small town Alsėdžiai, in Žemaitija or north-west Lithuania, has enjoyed considerable philatelic fame as the birth-place of some very valuable overprints and covers. But its reputation has also been affected by a seemingly endless stream of … [Read more...]
Dūkštas (Zar.) and Dūkštas (Vln.)
After the fall of Poland in August 1939, the Soviet Union returned to Lithuania the western strip of the so-called Vilnius District. After the First World War, for some 20 years, the District had been the object of a bitter dispute between Lithuania … [Read more...]
Baltic Philatelic Exposition in Schongau, 1946
The second and eventually half-century lasting Soviet occupation of the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) in 1944 brought about a significant exodus of the population moving westward, mainly to Germany and to a lesser extent to … [Read more...]
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