Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lithuania. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 9

Lithuania 2023

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 9th May 2023

one stamp (1.45 €)


this stamp is issued a mini-sheet of 10 stamps


Tuesday, April 26

Lithuania 2022

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 29th April 2022

two stamps (2x 0.95 €)
 

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps


Eglė žalčių karalienė - Eglė the Queen of Serpents is a Lithuanian folk tale, first published by M. Jasewicz in 1837. Eglė the Queen of Serpents is one of the best-known Lithuanian fairy tales with many references to the Baltic mythology. 

One warm summer day, Eglė, the youngest daughter of a local farmer, went bathing in the sea with her two sisters. Afterwards, returning to the shore to get dressed, she found a serpent in her clothes. To her surprise, the serpent spoke to her in a man's voice and demanded that she promise to become his wife for the return of her clothes. Faced with an immediate need to get dressed and not thinking about possible future consequences, Eglė agreed.

Three days later a great number of serpents pulling a wagon showed up at Eglė's parents' farm to claim the bride. Eglė's family tried to trick the serpents by giving them one of their farm animals, but each time a cuckoo warned the serpents about the deception. Finally, wise to the trickery, serpents succeeded in taking Eglė with them to their master.

At the seashore they were met by Žilvinas, a handsome young man, the Serpent King, who took Eglė to a nearby island and then to his palace under the sea, where they wed. Eglė and Žilvinas lived together happily and had three sons, Ažuolas, Uosis and Beržas, and a daughter, Drebulė, their youngest.

One day the children started asking about their mother's former home. Eglė became homesick and asked Žilvinas to allow her and the children to visit her parents' farm. Žilvinas was against it and set a number of what he thought were impossible conditions - to spin a never diminishing amout of silk, to wear out a pair of iron shoes, and to bake a pie without kitchen utensils. Eglė, however, with the help of a local sorceress, was able to accomplish them and Žilvinas had to allow Eglė and the children to go.

The reunion with the family was such a happy event that Eglė's family did not want to let them return to the sea and decided to kill Žilvinas. But first, they needed to know how to get Žilvinas to appear from the sea.They demanded that the children reveal the family secret. Sensing danger, the sons refused to comply, but the youngest daughter Drebulė became frightened and revealed the secret call.

Eglė's twelve brothers rushed to the seashore, called Žilvinas, who appeared in serpent form, and killed him with scythes.

Not knowing her husband's fate and ending her stay with her parents, brothers, and sisters, Eglė returned to the seashore and called Žilvinas. In reply only a bloody foam appeared.

In her grief, after she realized that Žilvinas was dead, Eglė transformed her family into trees - her sons into an oak, an ash and a birch, her daughter into a trembling aspen, and herself into a spruce. Source Lithaz.org

Paparčio žiedas - The fern flower - In the Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian tradition, the fern flower is supposed to appear only on the night of 23 to 24 June during the celebration of the summer solstice. The celebration has pre-Christian origins. In addition to the idea that the finder of the fern flower will become rich or happy, here, the fern flower is sometimes perceived a symbol of fertility. During this supposedly magical night, young couples go into the woods "seeking the fern flower", which is most commonly read as a euphemism for sex. Source Wikipedia

Here the top 3 designs with the 2 designs who didn't make it. Source


 



Thursday, April 22

Lithuania 2021

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 23rd April 2021

two stamps (2x 0.75 €)

 

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Here the top 3 designs with the 2 designs who didn't make it




Thursday, June 11

Lithuania 2020

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 12th June 2020

two stamps (2x 0.75 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Monday, March 25

Lithuania 2019

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 5th April 2019

two stamps (2x 0.75 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Tuesday, April 3

Lithuania 2018

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 20th April 2018

two stamps (2x 0.75 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Thursday, April 27

Lithuania 2017

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 29th April 2017

two stamps (2x 0.81 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Thursday, May 5

Lithuania 2016

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 7th May 2016

two stamps (2x 0.71 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps


the national design stamp is also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps, 2 are tête-bêche

Monday, May 4

Lithuania 2015

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 9th May 2015

two stamps (2x 0.71 €)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Thursday, May 1

Lithuania 2014

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 3rd May 2014

two stamps (2x 2.45 LTL)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Sunday, April 28

Lithuania 2013

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 27th April 2013

two stamps (2x 2.45 LTL)


both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps


both stamps were also issued in a booklet of six stamps se-tenant (3 of each) - NOTE this booklet has been issued at only 3'000 copies and only sold to the members of the Lithuanian philatelic society

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