Lithuania 1920 Airmail, Zeppelin over Memel

Lithuania · 1920 · 80 Skatikų

This airmail stamp features a Zeppelin airship flying over the city of Memel (now Klaipėda). The design is based on a regular postage stamp of the period, overprinted in red with a small airplane and the new denomination of 80 Skatikų.

Issued in 1920, this stamp represents the early days of airmail in Lithuania, a nation newly independent after World War I. The depiction of Memel is significant as the city and its surrounding region were under Allied administration at the time, before being annexed by Lithuania in 1923.