Found in Wikipedia: Initially German then French and Lithuanian overprinted stamps were used by Memel. Memel issued stamps between 1920 and 1923 when it was annexed by Lithuania.
these are a form of cto that is not that uncommon for German / German area stamps of this period. There were a couple of stamp dealers specializing in creating philatelic covers and other stuff, such as this sheet. I am not sure if this is true, but I read that sometimes official cancellers that somehow got into the hands of these dealers were used. These were often backdated.
Hello AOP2B,
Look at the following post
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=11132#165465
There I explained something about MEMEL
You can find these stamps in a MICHEL catalog GERMANY TILL 1945 under MEMEL
and just like JanSimon says this kind of sheets are common for Germans.
A non-philatelic Memel cover.
Looks like some sort of limited edition ( No.306 ) at bottom right.
Limited edition produced by?
Any help appreciated.
Best wishes,
Brian.
re: Memel...what do I have here?
Found in Wikipedia: Initially German then French and Lithuanian overprinted stamps were used by Memel. Memel issued stamps between 1920 and 1923 when it was annexed by Lithuania.
re: Memel...what do I have here?
these are a form of cto that is not that uncommon for German / German area stamps of this period. There were a couple of stamp dealers specializing in creating philatelic covers and other stuff, such as this sheet. I am not sure if this is true, but I read that sometimes official cancellers that somehow got into the hands of these dealers were used. These were often backdated.
re: Memel...what do I have here?
Hello AOP2B,
Look at the following post
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=11132#165465
There I explained something about MEMEL
You can find these stamps in a MICHEL catalog GERMANY TILL 1945 under MEMEL
and just like JanSimon says this kind of sheets are common for Germans.
re: Memel...what do I have here?
A non-philatelic Memel cover.