Special-edition Postal Cover with the 1st Day Cancel commemorating the 30th anniversary of liberation of Lithuanian SSR by the Soviet Army, 1974.
The size is standard 6 ¼" x 4 ½", postally unused, published by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, circulation unknown. The preprinted government postal stamp is canceled with the First Day stamp issued by the Vilnius Post Office, dated 28 January 1975. The artwork on the left panel of the obverse shows the Monument to the Soviet Army, the Liberator. The artist's name, L. Zaytsev, is printed on the bottom flap on the verso. The 24-foot-tall bronze statue was erected in 1972 in the settlement of Kryzkalnis in western Lithuania not far from the port city of Klaipeda. After the US
The size is standard 6 ¼" x 4 ½", postally unused, published by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, circulation unknown. The preprinted government postal stamp is canceled with the First Day stamp issued by the Vilnius Post Office, dated 28 January 1975. The artwork on the left panel of the obverse shows the Monument to the Soviet Army, the Liberator. The artist's name, L. Zaytsev, is printed on the bottom flap on the verso. The 24-foot-tall bronze statue was erected in 1972 in the settlement of Kryzkalnis in western Lithuania not far from the port city of Klaipeda. After the USSR collapse and liberation of Lithuania from the Soviet Union, the monument was dismantled, along with most other monuments of the Soviet era.
In excellent condition.
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