Lithuania – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 31 postcards

Kaunas, old town
Mailed in 2010, the card has a large Miltinis stamp, legible postmarks, and a lot of character. Grade: 1

Code: 20532001
Price: $4.00
Trakai, lakes surrounding the town
Nice message, nice train stamp, full if too-heavy postmark on a nice card with bilingual Pirmenybine label affixed. Grade: 2

Code: 20532002
Price: $6.00
Vilnius, multiple views
If you’re looking for a contemporary card mailed from Vilnius (or Lithuania), you won’t do better than this. Good stamp, fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20532003
Price: $7.00
Vilnius, National Universal Monument
Printed and mailed in 2011, this card has a very nice stamp of a hot-air balloon, alongside a bilingual Pirmenybine sticker. Full postmark. Creasing. Grade: 3

Code: 20532004
Price: $6.00
Country Scene
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and partial postmark, the writer taped over the address and part of the message. Grade: 4

Code: 20532005
Price: $3.00
Klaipeda, view of city and harbour
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark, alongside a blue bilingual Prioritaire sticker. Grade: 1

Code: 20532006
Price: $6.00
Klaipeda, multiple views
Mailed in 2011 with Pirmenybine/Prioritaire sticker, stamp, and nearly full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20532007
Price: $4.00
Vilnius, View of the City
This card has its stamp and full postmark, and blue Pirmenybine sticker, all from 2011. Grade: 1

Code: 20532008
Price: $5.00
Kaunas, multiple views of Old Town
The Old Town is at the confluence of the Nemunas and the Neris Rivers. Mailed in 2011 with three stamps and two full postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20532009
Price: $6.00
Palanga, The Baltic Sea
Beautiful but bleak card of a popular tourist area. Mailed in 2012 with stamp, blurred postmark, and blue Pirmenybine airmail label. Grade: 1

Code: 20532010
Price: $3.00
Nida, lighthouse
Card from 2012, and the writer explains everything. Large stamp, postmark, and Pirmenybine label. Grade: 1

Code: 20532011
Price: $5.00
Postbox
An internet card, mailed in 2012 with stamp and Kaunas postmark. Major postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 20532012
Price: $2.00
Klaipeda, multiple views
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, full postmark, Pirmenybine label and address labels affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20532013
Price: $2.00
Vilnius church art
The specific church isn’t identified. The card itself was mailed in 2012 with four stamps, two postmarks, and blue Pirmenybine label. Grade: 1

Code: 20532014
Price: $2.00
Vilnius, TV Tower
Two of these cards are available. One was mailed from Vilnius in 2012 with stamp, multiple postmarks, and address label affixed (Grade: 3, $2). The other was also mailed but with ten overlapping stamps, two full postmarks, a Pirmenybine label, and address label affixed (Grade: 3, $4).

Code: 20532015
Price: $2.00
Uostadvaris Lighthouse
In the Nehunas River Delta. This card was mailed in 2012, with four stamps, two postmarks, and blue Pirmenybine sticker affixed. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2

Code: 20532016
Price: $3.00
Kaunas, fireworks
Long (4″ x 7-7/8″) card mailed in 2012 with stamp, part of a postmark, and blue Pirmenybine label. Minor postal battering. Grade: 3

Code: 20532017
Price: $4.00
Kaunas, fireworks
You cannot see it in the scan, and barely on the card itself, but the city name is in large letters along the lower right edge. Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20532018
Price: $4.00
Keliauk į futbolu rojų!
From Carlsberg, in Lithuanian this means “Go to football heaven!” and we think they have captured that idea pretty well. Mailed in 2012 with three stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20532019
Price: $4.00
Klaipeda, Sea Gate and Kopgalis
…further described in the caption as “the Northernmost Point of the Curonian Spit.” Mailed in 2012 with three stamps, two full postmarks, blue bilingual Prioritaire label, and glued address label. Grade: 4

Code: 20532020
Price: $2.00
Kaunas, Memorial to the victims of Nazism
The only thing wrong with this card is that it was mailed from Spain (not Lithuania) and neither of the two stamps is postmarked. Grade: 4

Code: 20532021
Price: $1.00
Castles and Museum
Specifically, this card shows: The Castle of Trakai, The Castle of Kaunas, The Amber Museum, and The Hill of Crosses near Siauliai. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark and Pirmenybine label. Grade: 1

Code: 20532022
Price: $2.00
Architecture
Just another example of how wonderful ad cards can be when they want to be. The message space is taken up with a printed caption (in Lithuanian, along with the rest of the 2012 card) but it’s unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20532023
Price: $4.00
Klaipeda, Maritime Museum and Dolphinarium in former castle
The front of this card is fine. The writer tried to make a small, sloppy correction on the back but stamp and full postmark are there, so … Grade: 2

Code: 20532024
Price: $3.00
Museum of the Centre of Europe
Mailed from Vilnius in 2013 with stamp, bilingual Pirmenybine and other small sticker. Grade: 3

Code: 20532025
Price: $1.00
Pervalka Lighthouse
Also known as Lighthouse of Horses, and in the Curonian Lagoon, this would make a nice addition to your collection of lighthouse postcards, as it was mailed in 2013 with four stamps and has two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20532026
Price: $5.00
Galileo Satellite art
As the caption informs, “Each EU Galileo satellite is named after the 27 winners of the Galileo children’s drawing competition in 2011.” This card portrays the Lithuanian winner. Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20532027
Price: $3.00
The Hill of Crosses
Nice, clear card mailed in 2014 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20532028
Price: $2.00
Basketball and DNB Bank
Large square card whose Lithuanian caption on the reverse translates as “DNB Bank for 11 years with the Lithuanian men’s basketball team”. Mailed in 2013, with stamp, postmark, and some postal abrasions. Grade: 2

Code: 20532029
Price: $3.00
Maratonas
An ad card saying “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” Mailed with stamp and postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 20532030
Price: $1.00
Kaunas, multiple views
Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Prioritaire label. Views apart frpom the city include the Military Museum, Freedom Monument, and a sculpture entitled “‘Sacrifice’ to the Lithuanian freedom fighters”. Grade: 1

Code: 20532031
Price: $2.00

Total: 31 postcards