Term “local post” (or “local issue”) is used to describe mail in a local post or a postal service that operated only within a limited geographical area, typically a city or a single transportation route. Local issue stamps issued in the Lithuanian territory between 1919 and 1920 were printed in cities of Raseiniai, Telsiai and Grodno. While the Telsiai and the Grodno local issue stamps were used for postal services for only short periods, no evidence exists suggesting that the Raseiniai local issue stamps ever used for any postal service. Some of local issue stamps are among the great rarities of Lithuania philately listed in major catalogs.
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- Articles:local issues (2)
- Telšiai Local Issue of 1920
by Audrius Brazdeikis|August 22nd, 2009The 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 horizontal rows of six stamps. The lined sheets…
- Raseiniai Local Issue of 1919
by Audrius Brazdeikis|December 16th, 2008In 1918, there was a shortage of postage stamps in the city of Raseiniai after the German Occupation Authority allowed the organization of the post-offices in Lithuania. In December of 1918, the Kadushin Printing Establishment was commissioned to produce some interim stamps using a very basic format – the 15k green stamp.
The first printing was 14,400 stamps printed on 300 sheets of 48…