Postcard mailed by the initiator and builder of the church at Žarėnai, Rev. Juozapas Lomanas. Žarėnai 1922 is a township with a previous manor in central Žemaitija, 20 km south of Telšiai. In WWI, during the German push into Žemaitija and Courland which started on April 27, 1915, Žarėnai (as Zorany) was rushed through by
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These early manuscript markings are very rare. Postmasters used pen cancellations because they did not have standard hand stamps. These manuscript cancels were used until the introduction of the Lithuanian standard postmarks. Disclaimer – the illustrations used here solely for educational purposes. Please help us to expand this page by sending scans of manuscript cancels
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