F08_P04: Occupation of the Baltic Countries and White Russia, Lithuania
1942 April 10, Front side - Waybill from Panemune to Joniskis, Lithuania.
Tan waybill (brightness of scan blows out the proper appearance of the archive) with printed text in Lithuanian using green ink as the outline. Cursive handwriting in black ink present overall. Three green 50-pfennig stamps depicting Adolf Hitler facing to the right are present at the right side. Overtop are three cancellations dated April 10, 1942. The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
Name/Title
F08_P04: Occupation of the Baltic Countries and White Russia, LithuaniaEntry/Object ID
2007.8.4.aScope and Content
1942 April 10, waybill from Panemune to Joniskis, Lithuania.Context
Beginning November 4, 1941, German stamps overprinted OSTLAND were sold at civilian post offices in occupied Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus. The September 23, 1943, letter from Minsk, Belarus, to Warsaw, Poland, was sent through the official mail system. The tiny April 24, 1943, envelope was a local letter at Mazsalaca, Latvia. The April 10, 1942, packet card is a waybill for a 20-kilogram parcel mailed from Panemune to Joniskis, Lithuania. Postal rates in Ostland were the same as German Reich rates, except that official post received no concessions. Hence the 12-pfennig stamp reflects normal out-of-town letter postage, the 6-pfennig stamp met the local letter rate, and the parcel (stamps front and back, overprinted and plain) was rated by weight.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Waybill
Philatelic Material