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Jan 15, 2014

Lithuania 1925 Klaipeda Memel Glider mail



Glider airmail postal card, flown from Klaipeda to Rossitten (from 1946 known as Рыбачий, USSR) Airfield. Postmark Klaipeda-16.V.25, ‘Junkers-Werke – Abt. Flugverkehr – Flugleitung – Memel’ – with large arrival postmark ‘Rossitten – 17.5.25 – III Deutscher Kusten Segelfug-Wett-bewerb – 2-17 Mai 1925′ [Glider Competition] – The front side of the card shows historic 4-View ‘Gruss aus Memel’ Card – Regular Lithuanian Infantry marching through Town; French & Local Police; British Troops in front of Town Hall; & Local Volunteers with M/C gun awaiting arrival of Lithuanian Troops.

eBay listing – Ended: October 8, 2013. Sold: $400 (buy-it-now)