LITHUANIA – Cover from Švenčionys, Lithuania to Braga, Portugal

Registered cover with stamps posted on December, 29 2014.

(A special thanks to friend Gurden Vardanyan)

LITHUANIA – Cover from Trakar, Lithuania to Braga, Portugal.

Cover with stamps and postcards posted on July, 16 2011.

(Special thanks to my friend Yu. Kitaev)

Pilgrim Route of John Paul II

Pope John Paul II, called the Pilgrim Pope, is considered to be one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century who has served as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years. During his papacy, John Paul II visited 129 countries, including Lithuania on 4-8 September 1993. He was the first pope ever to visit our country.
To mark the Pope‘s apostolic visit to Lithuania, the main shrines of Lithuania, the ones connected with this Pope, and the places which received the Holy Father’s attention, have been joined into the Pilgrim Route of John Paul II. In total, fourteen sacral monuments have been included into the Pilgrim Route: Vilnius Cathedral Basilica, the Gate of Dawn Chapel and the Church of St. Therese, the Way of the Cross in Vilnius, the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trakai, Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, the Christ’s Resurrection Church in Kaunas, Pažaislis Camaldolese Monastery ensemble, the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Chapel of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Šiluva and the surrounding area, the Hill of Crosses, Šiauliai Cathedral, the ensemble of Tytuvėnai Church and Monastery, Marijampolė Chapel and the Chapel of the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis in Lūginė, Žemaičių Kalvarija (Samogitian Calvary) Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Visitation and the Chapels of the Way of the Cross, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Pivašiūnai.

Technical Details

Date of Issue: 7 May 2011

Values: 2,15 Lt

Designer: H. Ratkevičius

Printer: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH

Process: Multi-color offset printing

Size: 34,5x30 mm

Perforation:

Paper: Art paper

Watermark:

Sheet:

The Golden Mountains of Altai

The World Natural Heritage of Russia. The Golden Mountains of Altai.

The Golden Mountains of Altai, one of the most picturesque natural sites of Russia, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998. The Golden Mountains of Altai is unique mountain land in the South of the Republic of Altai on its safety, landscape and natural diversity. Lots of kinds and spices of flora and fauna are presented here, many of them are inscribed in the Red Book.

In the stamps are illustrated the The Belukha Mountain, the The Katun River and the The Teletskoye Lake.

Technical Details

Date of Issue: 18 November 2004

Values: 2, 3 and 5 rubles

Designer: Umurkulov A.

Printer:

Process: Multi-color offset printing

Size: 40.00mm x 28.00mm

Perforation: 12 x 12½

Paper: Coated

Watermark:

Sheet: 27 stamps plus 9 coupons (9 panes of four stamps)

 

Yeghegnadzor

LITHUANIA - Cover from Trakai, Lithuania to Braga, Portugal

(Trakai Island Caste postcard)

Cover with 2010 100th Anniversary of Vladas Mikénas stamp and three stamps from the 2009 definitive issue posted on July, 19 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Yu Kitaev)

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF VLADAS MIKĖNAS

The outstanding Lithuanian chess player Vladas Mikėnas was born in Tallinn (Estonia) in 1910. In 1931, he settled in Lithuania and took part in the first Championship of the Baltic Countries held in Klaipėda. In 1932, the book Šachmatų vadovėlis (Chess Manual) written by V. Mikėnas was published; it was the first book on chess published in the Lithuanian language. In the years 1931–1939, he represented Lithuania in five Chess Olympiads, always at the first board. In 1950, he established the Chess and Draught Club of Lithuania and occupied the position of the director until 1970. In the years 1950–1990, he led chess sections in various periodicals.
V. Mikėnas was the first Lithuanian chess player awarded the International Master title by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1950; in 1987, FIDE awarded him the Honorary Grandmaster title. In 1983, he won the European Team Correspondence Chess tournament. In the period 1983–1985, he was the chief arbiter of the World Chess Championship.
V. Mikėnas belonged to chess players who were playfully called “killers of champions”. This outstanding player has won against A. Alekhine, M. Botvinnik, V. Smyslov, M. Tal (world champions) and D. Bronstein, P. Keres, S. Flohr, E. Bogoljubov, M. Vidmar, G. Stahlberg, G. Maroczy. The best ELO rating of V. Mikėnas is 2669.
Mikenas System was named after Vladas Mikėnas. It is also called the Flohr-Mikenas System.

Issue date: 2010 04 17
Artist R. Tumasonis.
Offset. Art paper. Stamp – 34,5x30 mm. Perf.14.
Sheet of 50 stamps (5x10). The upper margin of a sheet is with inscription.
Face value:2 Lt.
Edition: 300 000.
Printed in "Österreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH" printing-house in Austria (Vienna).

Definitive postage stamp’s issue of 2009 “WOODEN SACRAL ARCHITECTURE OF LITHUANIA AND WOODEN CHURCH BELFRIES”

Issue date: 2009 02 21
Artist G. Pempė (Nr. 518, 519, 522) and K. Katkus (Nr. 520, 521)
Art paper. Stamp 24x24 mm. Self-adhesive stamps.

10 ct – The Church of Degučiai. 1757.
20 ct – The Church of Inturkė. 1855.
50 ct – Belfry of Tryškiai Church. XVIII a.
1Lt – Belfry of Šaukėnai Church. XVIII a.
1,35 Lt – The Church of Šiaudinė. 1775.

Edition: 1,50 million, 1,50 million, 0,50 million, 2,00 million, 2,00 million.
Printed in „Österreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH“. Printing-house Austria, Viena.

(Source: Lietuvos Paštas)

LITHUANIA – Cover from Vilnius, Lithuania to Braga, Portugal

Cover posted on May, 21 2010.

Last mail

Dear all,
Luis, as some of you have already known from messages in FB, for now is not able to be in front of PC, due the recovering from two interventions to his eye.
As time is not so much, I'm publishing the last received covers from friends in only one photo/post.

I want to thak you to all for the messages sent in last days.
Be sure that were a good support in these 'hard' days.

From: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hong-Kong, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine.