Memel (Klaipėda)
Stamps of 1921
Klaipėda (Memel) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free Port of Klaipėda at the mouth of the Akmena-Danė River. It was controlled by successive German states until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
As a result of the 1923 Klaipėda Revolt it was annexed by Lithuania and has remained with Lithuania to this day, except between 1939 and 1945 when it returned to Germany following the 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania and Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (between Germany and the Soviet Union).
Michel 34 and 35
"French Issues"
"Overprinted 'solid broken bar | MEMEL | value'"
Issued: Apr 1921. French issue stamps overprinted with 'solid broken bar | MEMEL | denomination'.
Mi 34
15 on 10Pf on 10 Cent
carmine red
15 on 10Pf on 10 Cent
carmine red
Mi 35
60 on 40Pf on 20 Cent
grey with lilac brown
60 on 40Pf on 20 Cent
grey with lilac brown
Michel 36 to 39
"French Issues"
"Overprinted 'MEMEL | two parallel bars | value | solid bar'"
Issued: 14th May 1921 to 15th Sep 1922. French issue stamps overprinted with 'Overprinted 'MEMEL | two parallel bars | value | solid bar'.
Mi 36
60Pf on 40 Cent
carmine red
60Pf on 40 Cent
carmine red
Mi 37
3 Mark on 60 Cent
blackish red violet
3 Mark on 60 Cent
blackish red violet
Mi 38
10 Mark on 5 Franc
blackish blue
10 Mark on 5 Franc
blackish blue
Mi 39
20 Mark on 45 Cent
dark green
20 Mark on 45 Cent
dark green
Michel 40 to 46
"French Issues"
"Overprinted 'FLUGPOST'"
Issued: 6th to 30th Jul 1921. French issue stamps overprinted with 'FLUGPOST'.
Mi 40
60Pf on 40 Cent
grey red
60Pf on 40 Cent
grey red
Mi 41
60Pf on 40 Cent
carmine red
60Pf on 40 Cent
carmine red
Mi 42
80Pf on 45 Cent
dark green olive
80Pf on 45 Cent
dark green olive
Mi 43
1 Mark on 50 Cent
yellowish brown
1 Mark on 50 Cent
yellowish brown
Mi 44
2 Mark on 1 Franc
yellowish brownish carmine
2 Mark on 1 Franc
yellowish brownish carmine
Mi 45
3 Mark on 60 Cent
blackish red violet
3 Mark on 60 Cent
blackish red violet
Mi 46
4 Mark on 2 Franc
reddish orange
4 Mark on 2 Franc
reddish orange
Michel 47 and 48
"French Issues"
"Overprinted 'broken solid bar | MEMEL | value'"
Issued: 15th Nov and 2nd Dec 1921. French issue stamps overprinted with 'broken solid bar | MEMEL | value'.
Mi 47
15 on 20Pf on 25 Cent
prussian blue
15 on 20Pf on 25 Cent
prussian blue
Mi 48
15 on 50Pf on 35 Cent
dark red violet
15 on 50Pf on 35 Cent
dark red violet