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This cover from Lithuania depicts a miniature sheet showing a historical building in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres. It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square meters. It was founded by the Lithuanian Grand Duke and King of Poland Jogaila in 1387 on the Magdeburg rights the oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it had been developed over the course of many centuries, and has been shaped by the city's history and a constantly changing cultural influence. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural styles—gothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical—stand side by side and complement each other. There are many Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox churches, residential houses, cultural and architectural monuments, museums in the Old Town. In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its universal value and originality. It has been recognised as one of the most beautiful cities of the Old Continent that also has the largest baroque Old Town in the whole of Eastern and Central Europe.

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This cover from Lithuania depicts a miniature sheet showing a historical building in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres. It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square meters. It was founded by the Lithuanian Grand Duke and King of Poland Jogaila in 1387 on the Magdeburg rights the oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it had been developed over the course of many centuries, and has been shaped by the city's history and a constantly changing cultural influence. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural styles—gothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical—stand side by side and complement each other. There are many Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox churches, residential houses, cultural and architectural monuments, museums in the Old Town. In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its universal value and originality. It has been recognised as one of the most beautiful cities of the Old Continent that also has the largest baroque Old Town in the whole of Eastern and Central Europe.

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This cover from Lithuania depicts a 0,97 Euro stamp celebrating the natural UNESCO World Heritage Site: The Curonian Spit. The Curonian Spit is a 98-kilometre long, thin, curved sand-dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast. Its southern portion lies within Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and its northern within southwestern Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, and it's shared by the two countries.

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A nice Fauna cover from Lithuania, featuring a complete set issued in 2018 on topic birds.

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A nice cover from Lithuania, depicting a complete set issued in 2018 on topic "EUROPA - Bridges".

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A nice Fauna cover from Lithuania, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2017 on topic "Lithuanian Fauna".

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A nice Fauna cover from Lithuania, depicting a complete set issued in 2017 on topic "Rodents of Lithuania". The cover was posted in Plunge, a small town located near the Baltic sea with about 24,000 inhabitants.

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A nice cover from Lithuania, depicting a complete set issued in 2017 on topic "EUROPA stamps - Castles" (Birzai Castle and Klaipeda Castle).

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A cover from Lithuania, depicting a joint issue with Estonia and Latvia issued in 2016 on topic The 25th Baltic Assembly.

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A cover from Lithuania with a single stamps issued in 2015 on topic "Tourism" - Educational training in nature reserve of Nagliai.

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Another cover from Lithuania, this one with EUROPA set issued in 2016 on theme "Think green".

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A cover from Lithuania with a small sheet showing the "Zematukai", a species of lithuanian horse. This nice miniature sheet was issued in 2016.

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