Lithuania First Issue, Vilnius Issue, 10 skatikų

Lithuania · 1918 · 10 skatikų

This is the first postage stamp issued by Lithuania following its declaration of independence. The design is simple, featuring the national coat of arms, the Vytis (or Pahonia), which depicts a knight on horseback. The stamp's denomination is 10 skatikų, and it was printed typographically on grayish, porous paper without watermarks or perforations.

Issued in Vilnius in December 1918, this stamp marks the birth of the Lithuanian postal system just months after the nation re-established its independence from the German and Russian Empires at the end of World War I.