Lithuania, 1922 Airmail, Zeppelin over Memel

Lithuania · 1922 · 40 Skatikų

This airmail stamp features a striking design of a Zeppelin airship flying over the city of Memel (now Klaipėda). The bi-color design, with a brown frame and a blue central vignette, highlights the importance of this new form of mail transport. It is part of a series issued to facilitate airmail services.

Issued in 1922, this stamp reflects the early era of air travel and its application for postal services. The depiction of Memel is significant, as the territory was under League of Nations administration at the time, before being annexed by Lithuania in 1923.