Lithuania

Date2002, 05 X
Value1 Lt
Catalog no.Mi 803   Sc 730   SG 795   Y&T 699
TopicMatejko, Jan - Sigismund III Vasa
OccasionFounding of the Lithuanian postal organisation in 1602
DescriptionThe 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