Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Flags of the World Series: Lithuania

Lithuania is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russian exclave Kaliningrad to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2017, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

Stamp on postcard is The 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Michał Kleofas Ogiński, issued on 26.09.2015.


Thank you Nina Klemetti!



Sunday, April 17, 2016

Motocross postcard

I have received this beautiful motocross postcard from Lithuania. Author is Andrius Matvejevas.

Three very nice and totally different stamps:
Kazimero LDK denaras, 1440-1492. (from set of six), issued on 02.01.2015.
Lithuanian Vytis on Flags (from set of six), issued on 02.01.2016.
EUROPA Stamps - Old Toys (from set of two), issued on 09.05.2015.


Thank you Rūta!




Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Lithuania: Morning coffee for two

This is my first postcard from Lithuania and it's beautiful. Illustration is Morning coffee for two, by Ina Lukauskaitė.

Stamp is also nice - Introduction of Euro, issued on 02.01.2015.


Thank You very much Irena!