LITHUANIA
Only the two rather nicely designed seals shown below have so far come to light.
| Updates. The above was written by Steve Hiscocks. I have added another. No pricing as yet. |
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| 1920 'Vytis' a symbol used for centuries. |
1940-92 Lithuanian SSR. |
1990-2 provisional design by Juozas Zikaras 1925 |
1992 onwards | Pillars of Gediminids ancient symbols of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
A similar early 'Vytis' (Renaissance-style saddle blanket) was also used in Belarus 1991-5, known as the Pahonia.
| RH # | Type. | was | Description | Mint | Used | On telegram |
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| RH1 | 1 | - | 1926-9 Perf. 11.3 Black on white. Early Vytis with imprint and Form No. | - | - | - |
| RH2 | 2 | 2 | 1932 Perf. 14. Black on white. Early Vytis. | - | - | - |
| RH3 | 3 | 1 | 1990? Perf. 14 Black on white. 1925 Vytis & 'Pillars of Gediminids'. | - | - | - |
STATIONERY
Forma Nr. 70.
A telegram used 22 July 1926. There is no imprint.
There is nothing on the back.
A telegram used 28 May 1929.
There is an imprint at bottom-left.
There is nothing on the back.
A telegram used 30 December 1932, with new layout and using strips.
There are imprints at bottom-left and bottom-right, suggesting 200,000 were printed on 23 June 1932.
There is nothing on the back.
LTSR Ministry - with Arms and directions in Cyrillic and Latin script.
A telegram used 16 June 1959.
The back has six paragraphs of instructions.
There is an imprint at bottom-left.
"Laikr." is an abbreviation of Laikraščiu; "leid." is an abbreviation of "leidinio" (see below).
A telegram used 17 June 1960.
The back has instructions for sending "FotoTelegraphs", Facsimile images.
There is an imprint at bottom-left.
"Laikraščiu ir žurnalu leidinio" means "Newspaper and magazine publication"
A telegram used 3 February 1961.
There is an imprint at bottom-left.
"Laikraščiu ir žurnalu leidinio" means "Newspaper and magazine publication"
The back has information on Telegraph use.
A telegram used 17 June 1961.
There is an imprint at bottom-left.
"Laikraščiu ir žurnalu leidinio" means "Newspaper and magazine publication"
The back has "ATTENTION" and information on sending small parcels.
LUXEMBOURG
Again only two designs of seal are known and these have not been seen on telegrams, so dates of use are not known.
| Updates. The above was written by Steve Hiscocks. I have updated the images and corrected the sequence. No pricing yet. |
| RH # | Type. | was | Description | Mint | Used | On telegram |
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| RH1 | 1 | 2 | 1944-5. Perf. 11½. Blue on white. | - | - | - |
| RH1a | 1 | - | Perf. 10¾ x 11. Blue on white. | - | - | - |
| RH2 | 2 | 1 | 1955-61. Perf. 10. Blue on white. | - | - | - |
| RH2a | 2 | - | Perf. 10¾ x 11. Blue on white. | - | - | - |
I have 6 examples of H1, but only 1 of H1a.
These are probably etiquettes, I do not know if they were used as seals, or the dates of them. They all have embossing, strongest on the central one.
Left pair: Diameter of outer black rim 31mm, black on orange(6-pointed stars) or red(5-pointed stars) surface-coated paper.
Right: Width 27mm, orange-red on greenish paper.
If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.
