361 / September 2015

1933, Darius Girenas 60 c. with lower sheet margin, with clear double print shifted by around 11,5 degrees, unused, very fine and one of only 4 stamps possible, up to this date only one other copy has been discovered, one of the great airmail- and Lithuania rarities, signed Mikulski a.o. and certificate Huylmans BPP

1933, Darius Girenas 20 c.-2 l, all five values with parts of additional green overprint "Lituanicos Laimejimas Tegul Stiprina Lietuvos Sunu Dvasia Naujiems Zygiams", unused, 40 c. and 1-2 l. small imperfection, otherwise fine, scarce only 100 printed (after the crash, the Consul General of Lithuania in New York requested that the remainder of the unsold stamps (100 sets) be again overprinted to memorialize the aviators, with proceeds to be used for erecting a monument in their honour (Lithuanian Handbook CA 6 - 10), signed Mikulski a.o. and certificate Huylmans BPP

1933, Darius Girenas 20 ct. tied by violet cachet to flight cover from New York to Kaunas, franked with USA 3 c. violet, reverse with Kaunas arrival mark, usual brown spots, fine

1933, July 15, attempted Ocean Flight, New York to Lithuania by Capt. Stefan Darius and Stanley Girenas flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, July 15, 1933 "Lituanica" canc., franked with 3 c. violet,  with six-line cachet. Both flyers died when their plane was wrecked at Soldin, Germany, about 400 miles short of their goal, reverse with Kaunas arrival mark, usual brown spots, fine

1933, Lietuvos vaikas 5 c.-2 l., with blue handstamp "SPECIMEN", without gum, fine

Lietuvos Vaikas: 1932/33, unused and used collection containing many multiples like Mi.-No. 316/23 A/B and 348-55A/B and 364/71B each in blocks of four also 372-79A/B blocks of six, mostly fine

1933, Lietuvos vaikas 5 c.-2 l., with blue handstamp "SPECIMEN", without gum, fine

UNADOPTED ESSAY: Antanas Semtona white and black on reddish-brown carton, 160x237 mm, (stamp design 92x123 mm), signed at bottom right Kazys Bucas, fine

1934, 60th Birthday of Smetonas 30 and 60 c., proofs in slightly smaller design on thick paper, without gum, fine, certificate Klein

1935, Vaitkus 40 c. with upper sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine, signed and certificate Lindberg

Vaitkus 40 c. tied by cds "KAUNAS centr. 31.X.35" to registered cover with additional Lithuania and USA franking, with violet "Lituanica II" cachet, signed by Lt.Felix Vaitkus, fine, certificate Lindberg

LITUANICA II NEW YORK - KAUNAS 50 c. tied by seal to cover with Vaitkus 40 c. tied by cds "KAUNAS centr. 31.X.35" to registered cover with additional Lithuania and USA franking, with adjacent violet "Lituanica II" cachet, signed by Lt. Felix Vaitkus, fine

1935, Sept. 25 attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania by Lit. Felix Waitkus, in the plane "Lituanica II". After successfully crossing the North Atlantic, Lt. Waitkus was forced down at Bellinrobe and covers were forwarded to Lithuania by other means. Cover with U.S. and Lithuanian franking, numbered and signed by the pilot

LITUANICA II NEW YORK - KAUNAS 50 c., mint never hinged, fine, signed and certificate Huylmans BPP

1937, Smetona, unissued design, large rectangular format, imperforated in red, unused with adherence, fine (Lithuanian Handbook E27)

1939, Basketball European Championship, 15-60 c. imperforated, mint never hinged, fine

1939, Basketball European Championship, 15-60 c. imperforated, each with sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine

1939, Basketball 15-60 c., mostly unused and mint never hinged collection with partially imperforated and imperforated stamps and misperforated stamps, in addition two cards with special cancellation, fine

1940, Peace issue, 10 proofs in different colours, plus three imperforated stamps, mostly unused, some without gum, mostly fine

1940, Return of Vilnius to Lithuania 15-60 c., interesting group of 32 proofs, imperforated and partially perforated stamps and multiples, mostly unused, occasional toning or gum disturbances, otherwise fine

1940, Lithuanian SSR 10 c. with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, few shortend perforations at top, otherwise fine, scarce only 100 printed, signed and certificate Huylmans BPP

"Raseiniai Nr. 46" provisional r-label on registered cover from "RASEINIAI 10.III.21" to Wien, fine, scarce

"SAKIAI -14-7-19." blue straight-line on 4th Berlin issue 10 sk. brick-red and 40 sk. brown on cover to Königsberg, 40 sk. faulty, otherwise fine

"Schaki N. 154" provisional r-label on franked registered cover with provisional straight-line "SAKIAI-7-7-19" to Basel with German r-rabel "Vom Ausland über...", fine, scarce

"Schaki N. 338" provisional r-label on registered cover from "SAKIAI 25.VIII.19" to Basel, franked with first Berlin issue 10 sk. and additional franking, fine, scarce

1919, 50 sk. on 1 k. imperforated tied by provisional cancel "GRODNO" to local cover addressed to A. Plamsch, folded once vertically, otherwise fine, a scarce cover, only 50 stamps printed, certificate Huylmans BPP

1919, 3-70 k. tied to pieces by violet provisional cancel "GRODNO", fine, certificate Huylmans BPP

1919, 50 on 3 k.-50 on 70 k., all tied by provisional cancel "GRODNO" to registered local cover to A. Plamsch, cover with faults, otherwise fine, signed Vossen, Mikulski and certificate Huylmans BPP

30 sk. tied by cds. "TELSIA 14.I.20" to cover to Varniai with arrival mark, vertical fold, few pencil marks, otherwise fine, scarce, signed Mikulski and certificate Huylmans BPP

Private issue postcards commemorating national heroes, 4 unused cards, fine

AIRMAIL: 1921/36, unused and used collection with some better items like Mi.-No. 221 Ums unused, also 1926 issue with "Cietuva" and "Paspas", good part 1930 issue with "transposed heads", shifted backgrounds, missing colours, different coloured center etc. and Mi.-No. 407 corner block of four with small gutter at top, mostly fine

1924/40, very interesting unused, never hinged and used collection including many multiples, varieties like Mi.-No. 314Uo and Uu, 270Ur, 271 Ul, Uo,  unused, offsets,  Mi.-No. 196-208 in blocks of four, Mi.-No. 297 offset of head on reverse, Mi.-No. 274-77 perf. 11 and 14:11, better cancels, mixed perforations, watermark varieties like Mi.-No. 263X and 1940 Peace issue with many varieties and a nice part Raseiniai, mostly fine

1923/40, very interesting collection of more than 500 cards and cover(fronts), containing better frankings, registered covers, money covers, souvenir sheets on covers, special cancellations, postcards etc., mostly good condition  

1919/22, very interesting collection with more than 180 cards and cover(fronts), including registered mail, provisional cancellations "SAKIAI-29-7-19", airmail, express cover, Mi.-No. 27-29 with upper sheet margin on blank cover etc., some covers with faults

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1924/40, interesting collection of more than 100 cards including some better items, in addition some meter-marks, mostly fine

1990/99, cover collection of mostly FDC including some miniature sheets, some registered covers, in addition 4 proof sheets without value tablet of the first issue