Rare stamps and covers (July 2013)

Lithuania 1921 registered cover

A registered cover from Raseiniai to Marktredwitz, Germany, a rare provisional MS registration.

eBay listing – Ended: July 25, 2013. Sold: $400 (11 bids)

Lithuania 1923 postage due

Lithuania MERKINE 23.1.1923 to USA with Wochester Postage Due stamps.

eBay listing – Ended: July 21, 2013. Sold: $27 (5 bids)

Lithuania 1939 registered cover to the US

A registered cover sent from Klaipeda to New York. Lithuanian stamps overprinted “Memelland ist Frei”. Overprinted registration label. Receiving USPS markings on the back.

eBay listing – Ending: July 30, 2013. Currently: $275

Lithuania 1932 cover to Germany

A lovely cover sent from Kaunas to Emmerich on Rhine, franked with the Lithuanian Child Second issue stamp, 60 cents. These stamps were valid for postage only 7 days, between Dec 1, 1932 and Dec 8, 1932.

eBay listing – Ended: July 17, 2013. Sold: $160 (16 bids)

Lithuania 1933 Darius – Girenas transatlantic flight cover

A few days from now, on July 15th, we will be marking the 80th anniversary of the flight across the Atlantic by Stephen Darius and Stanley T. Girenas. The official flight committee issued cover No 387 carried aboard the tragic “Lituanica” flight from New York to Kaunas. Lituanica was an Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown by American-Lithuanian pilots