The Memel region had a very varied history. After the First World War it was ceded to the Allied Powers on the basis of Article 99 of the Versailles Treaty and administered by France from 1920 to 1923. In the same year the military occupation of the Memel area by Lithuania took place and on February 16 the embassy of the conference approved the annexation of the area to Lithuania. According to the Memel Convention of May 26, 1925, the area finally went to Lithuania - and from 1920 to August 31, 1925, the Memel area had its own postage stamps. At the beginning of 1939, the German Reich demanded that Memel be reorganized and from March 23, 1939, stamps of the German Reich were used. Mixed postage with Lithuanian issues were only possible for a few days until March 31st.
The Memel region had a very varied history. After the First World War it was ceded to the Allied Powers on the basis of Article 99 of the Versailles Treaty and administered by France from 1920 to...
read more » Close window The Memel region had a very varied history. After the First World War it was ceded to the Allied Powers on the basis of Article 99 of the Versailles Treaty and administered by France from 1920 to 1923. In the same year the military occupation of the Memel area by Lithuania took place and on February 16 the embassy of the conference approved the annexation of the area to Lithuania. According to the Memel Convention of May 26, 1925, the area finally went to Lithuania - and from 1920 to August 31, 1925, the Memel area had its own postage stamps. At the beginning of 1939, the German Reich demanded that Memel be reorganized and from March 23, 1939, stamps of the German Reich were used. Mixed postage with Lithuanian issues were only possible for a few days until March 31st.
Memel area - 50 different postage stamps 
Local issues type I - 4 stamps mint never hinged, Memel area 
Local issues type II - 4 stamps mint never hinged, Memel area