Lithuania 1923 imperforate pair Mi 201U
15 cent imperforate pair of the 1923 Memel-Klaipeda issue.
eBay listing – Ended: Feb 1, 2014. Sold: $328 (7 bids)
Lithuania 1935 overprinted paid reply card
Rare 15 ct overprinted paid reply card (Mi P11F) sent to Kaunas.
eBay listing – Ended: Jan 22, 2014. Sold: $153 (3 bids)
Lithuania 1919 Gargzdai
German 15 pfg postal stationery letter card from a German volunteer franked a vertical 30 sk pair of the First Kaunas issue, cancelled by manuscript “Garzdai 27.II.19″ tied by boxed censor cachet.
27th Christoph Gärtner Auction – Ended: Feb 10, 2014. Sold: 900€
Lithuania 1919 Gargzdai
Registered cover cancelled by provisional straight line “Garzdai”, provisional registration marking, German transit registered label “Vom Ausland über Königsberg Pr.” and censorship cancel to Königsberg with arrival mark and retour with post label on front, rare
27th Christoph Gärtner Auction – Ended: Feb 10, 2014. Sold: 975€
Lithuania 1919 Gargzdai
Postcard franked with 10 sk of the Fourth Berlin issue, block of 4, tied by violet straight line “Garzdai” to postcard with full message and German censorship cancel “M.P.K” to Germany with forwarded to Hamburg, fine
27th Christoph Gärtner Auction – Ended: Feb 10, 2014. Sold: 252€
Lithuania 1935 Vaitkus Flight Cover
The 1935 flight registered cover No 703 carried on the second transatlantic flight from New York to Kaunas by a Lithuanian-American aviator Felix Waitkus (Feliksas Vaitkus). Franked with Mi 404. Similar cover No 731 addressed to ALTASS in Chicago, recently sold for $800.
eBay listing – Ended: Jan 21, 2014. Did not sell: $999
Lithuania 1935 Vaitkus Flight Cover
A scarce 1935 flight cover No 634 carried on the second transatlantic flight from New York to Kaunas by a Lithuanian-American aviator Felix Waitkus (Feliksas Vaitkus). Because of some seriously bad weather en-route, his plane Lituanica II was forced to land in Ireland near Ballinrobe. Mail bag with 998 letters was transferred to Lithuania personally by the pilot himself where each letter was postmarked at the Kaunas Central Post Office. Feliksas Vaitkus was sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.
eBay listing – Ended: Jan 6, 2014. Sold: $230