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Stamp of Lithuania, 1939, special issue to the reincorpoation of the Vilnius Area (part of the former Central Lithania) to Lithuania at the 10th of October, 1939
Stamp: Michel No. 433 (= No. 425 with overprint)
Color: carmine red with dark blue overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 15 C (Centų )
Overprint: double spaced, dark blue "(Gediminas gate symbol, dexter) / VILNIUS 1939•X•10" (= day of the reincorporation)

Postage validity: from 28 October 1939 until 20 August 1940
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1939-10-28T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1940-08-20T00:00:00Z/11
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of Lithuania
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  • The same stamp without overprint ( = Michel No. 425, mint, color variant)
    The same stamp without overprint ( = Michel No. 425, mint, color variant)
Picture description Declaration of the independence of Lithuania by the Lithuanian Council on the 16th of February, 1918;
Jonas Basanavičius calls out the certificate of independence of Lithuania;

Inscription on the stamp: "1918-II-16 - Lietuvos taryba skelbia nepriklausoma Lietuva" = Lithuanian for "16 Feb 1918 - The Lithuanian Council proclaims the independent Lithuania"

First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of Lithuania
Design Adomas Varnas
Printer Bradbury, Wilkinson and Company (New Malden, London)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation 400,000
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12¾ : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Litauen Nr. 433
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