Lithuanian Philatelic Forum

Name: “600th ANNIVERSARY OF BAPTISM OF SAMOGITIA”
Issue date: 2013 01 05
635 2,45 Lt – Fragment of wall fresco "Baptism of Lithuania" by V. Tetmajer and the first bishop of Samogitia, Motiejus Trakiškis, also known as Matthias of Trakai.

Design: M. Gribauskas. Offset. Art paper. Stamp size: 30 x 36 mm.

Edition: 80,000. Printed by “Garsų pasaulis“ printing house in Lithuania (Vilnius).

Pretty stamp; similar to the Blue Waters issue. I like these that honor the history, as they don't seem as antiseptic as some of the others, such as the Bridges issue.

it's almost too dark for my taste