Stamps on Gediminas – Lithuania 1991.

Stamps on Gediminas – Lithuania 1991.

Gediminas (1275-1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 to 1341. He founded the Gediminas dynasty and expanded it from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. He made Vilnius Capital of his dynasty.

Lithuania issued a set of three se-tenant stamps on his 650th Death Anniversary on 28 Sep 1991. The stamps feature the following

30k – Trakai Castle-Built around 1409 on an island on Lake Galve.                                            50k-  Duke Gediminas.                                                                                                                           70k – View of Vilnius in the 14th Century.