During the German withdrawal from Russia in December 1918, a Lithuanian post office was opened in Vilnius on December 27, 1918 (or on a different view - December 26 which was the hand-over day of the Postgebiet Ob.-Ost branch Wilna). Vilnius was … [Read more...] about Vilnius R/S 1920
Vilnius
Vilnius – the one-liner “Wilna”
Update: Audrius Brazdeikis reports cachet “Wilna” used on a third type of Ob.-Ost registration etiquettes In World War One, Vilnius was taken by the German Tenth Army, led by Gen. Hermann von Eichhorn, on August 18, 1915. A civilian post office … [Read more...] about Vilnius – the one-liner “Wilna”