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MEMEL: HEART-PIECE block from 1920

MEMEL: HEART-PIECE block from 1920

MEMEL was the most eastern part of Preusen (south of Lithauen). After WW1 the territory was given to France in 1920 according to the Versailles Treaty. This beautiful block (**), a so-called „heart-piece” (because of the small blank stamp in the middle), was issued in...