Provisional Postmarks Register

Postal provisional postmarks used in the Lithuanian territory between 1918 and 1926. These provisional cancellations and temporary markings were used until the introduction of the Lithuanian standard postmarks.

The most recent reference on postal markings of Lithuania (1918-1940) is “Fugalevicius, V. and M. Bechstedt (2015). Poststempel in Litauen: Normstempel und provisorische Entwertungen 1918-1940/41 – Pašto Antspaudai Lietuvoje – Postal markings in Lithuania.“

New provisional postmarks have been discovered since the catalog was published in 2015.

Our aim is to expand on this work and provide an up-to-date comprehensive resource of provisional postmarks used in Lithuania.

Close co-operation is being provided by Dr. Vytautas Doniela.

Please help us to expand this page by sending scans of provisional box and line cancels found on stamps and covers. Use a scanning setting of 600-1200 dpi ‘color photo’ mode. The TIFF file format provides the best quality details and is the most suitable for archiving.

Program for searching partial names of various postal towns and localities, and town name spelling variants can be found [here …]

List of Provisional Postmarks (work in progress)