Saturday, February 7, 2015

Šilutė 1920



This is a cover sent in 1920 from Heydekrug (now Šilutė, Lithuania), Memelgebiet to Hamburg, Germany. Germania overprinted stamps of Memelgebiet may not have extremely high catalog value but somehow it is not that easy to find on used covers. It is probably because it is hidden by many collectors. In both Michel and Scott, these Germania overprints are listed first but actually they are not. The French Semeuse overprints were issued on July 7th 1920 while these Germanias were issued on August 1st.  I imagine they did it so it would look more logical in a historical perspective going on the order of the administrators of the land.

2 comments:

  1. I love Šilutė ( Heydekrug).
    It was the town where ALEXANDRA was born...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_(singer)

    Greetings SC

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    1. I didn't know there was famous singer Šilutė. Thank you for the great info!
      and YES! Šilutė is GREAT! I must agree with that!

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