Date | 2002, 05 X |
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Value | 1 Lt |
Catalog no. | Mi 803 Sc 730 SG 795 Y&T 699 |
Topic | Matejko, Jan - Sigismund III Vasa |
Occasion | Founding of the Lithuanian postal organisation in 1602 |
Description | The parlementary constitution gave king Zygmunt III Waza the right to found a postal organisation for Lithuania and Poland. In the background a map on which the outlines of both countries are visible and the text: 1620 m. Zigmantas Vasu nustate Lietuvos ir Lenkijos valstybes pašto strukturą (In 1620 founded Zygmunt III Wasa the postal organisation of the states Lithuania and Poland). Portrait of the king after a painting of Jan Matejko |