Catalogues, Literature

Kiulkys, Daumantas 2023

Filatelija. Lietuvos jūrų muziejaus rinkiniai prabyla.
The collections of the Lithuanian Maritime Museum speak. Philately.

(The book appears with 2 different title pages, but the same content).

Klaipėda: Lithuanian Maritime Museum

Lithuanian / English.

The catalogue presents the most beautiful and interesting philatelic items kept in the Lithuanian Maritime Museum. The first part of the book tells about philately, its collection in the Lithuanian Maritime Museum and presents the most beautiful stamps. The second part presents the postal items of the maritime mail related to Lithuania; the third part explains the most important events, incidents, personalities and ships of Lithuanian maritime history on the basis of the museum artefacts.

304 pages. Approx. 300 colour illustrations. Softcover. ISBN 978-609-8295-10-8

Reading sample

Price: 55 € plus shipping. Order from the Lithuanian Maritime Museum at hop.muziejus.lt/collections/muziejaus-knygos/products/lietuvos-juru-muziejaus-rinkiniai-prabyla-filatelija.

Bechstedt, Martin & Fels, Bernhard 2022

The Daily Postmarks of the Independent Republic of Lithuania since 1990
Handbook and Companion to the Internet Database

Lithuania – Handbook of Philately and Postal History Part 5

Systematisation and typification of postmarks, data and facts on devices, design and technical specifications such as diameters and fonts, backed up as far as possible with exemplary illustrations of postmarks and mail items. Read some sample pages here!

1st ed., German with English summary.

Bargteheide: Martin Bechstedt Verlag.

Format 27x20 cm. 158 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-3-942841-04-7

Note: A complete representation of all known postmarks including images and durations is available in the digital internet database.

Order for 24,50 € (hardcover) at local bookshops or plus shipping costs directly from the publisher at e-mail m.bech@t-online.de.

Link to the database with approx. 6,500 stamps: here on this web.

Jankauskas, Antanas 2019

Falsifikatai Lietuvos Filatelijoje
Forgeries in Lithuanian Philately

Lithuanian / English.

The handbook includes examples of stamps, postmarks, special Lithuanian postmarks 1918–1990, Central Lithuania, Memel, local issues (Telšiai, Grodno, Warwiszki), German occupation in World War II ("June issues"), Zeppelin mail, etc.

Format A4. 416 Pages with approx. 4,500 colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-609-475-237-7

Order for 69,– € incl. shipping (EU countries) from the author under http://www.lituanica.eu/contactform.htm.

Preview of the catalogue at https://issuu.com/lituanica/docs/forgeries-issuu.

Bockisch, Michael 2018

The picture postcards of Eastern Europe – manual and catalogue

(Volume 1: Gdańsk, Estonia. Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Carpato-Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine and Belarus)

(Volume 2: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Yugoslavia and its former states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia)

1. Edition (in German)

Jesteburg: Self-published by the author.

German / English and description in the respective original language with many type descriptions

Enclosed: DVD with maps as PDF files. Catalogues of all the areas that have issued picture postcards in 2 versions, including one for filling out as a missing or stock list.

Volume 1: 528 pages. Volume 2: 568 pages. Many thousand illustrations in colour. Hardcover with thread binding and small booklet. Printed on image paper.

Volume 1 and volume 2 only together including the DVD available from: Prof. Dr. Michael Bockisch, Am Osterberg 11, D-21266 Jesteburg or by email to: post@bpk-kataloge.de.

Price 129,00 € including postage within the EU. Europe outside the EU + 10,00 €. Price to overseas on request.

More picture postcard catalogues by Michael Bockisch under www.bpk-kataloge.de.

Michel (Ed.) 2017

Catalogue Northern Europe 2017/2018 (EK 5)

102. Edition

Unterschleißheim: Schwaneberger-Verlag.

Format 15,5 x 23,3 cm. 1088 pages. Colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 9783954022052.

Available antiquarian and in bookstores.

Jankauskas, Antanas 2017

Lieutuva. Specializuotas Pašto ženklų katalogas (1918–2012 papildymai, 2012–2017)
Special Lithuanian Postage Stamp Catalogue (1918–2012 additions, 2012–2017)

Lithuanian / English.

Format A4. 156 Pages with coloured illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-609-475-000-7

Order for 38,– € incl. shipping (EU countries) from the author under http://www.lituanica.eu/contactform.htm.

Preview of the catalogue at https://issuu.com/lituanica/docs/demo-2_3129eff736925b.

Huylmans, Tobias 2015

Memelgebiet. Handbuch der Stempel 1920–1925.
Memel Region. Handbook of the postmarks 1920–1925.

1st ed.

Format 20 x 27 cm. 254 Pages. Illustrations in colour. Available with hardcover or softcover.

Order for 59,– € (hardcover) or 49,– € (softcover) incl. shipping from the author: Tobias Huylmans, Spiegelbergstraße 33, D-55283 Nierstein,
E-Mail: tobias@huylmans.de

Fugalevicius, Vytautas & Bechstedt, Martin 2015

Litauen. Handbuch der Philatelie und Postgeschichte.
Teil 4: Poststempel in Litauen / Pašto Antspaudai Lietuvoje / Postal Markings in Lithuania 1918–1940/41

Standard stamps and provisional cancellations 1918–1940/41

1st ed., German, English and Lithuanian.

Bargteheide: Martin Bechstedt Verlag.

Format A4. 380 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 3-942841-03-0

Order for 49,50 € (hardcover) in local bookshops or plus shipping costs directly from the publisher at e-mail m.bech@t-online.de.

Bubnys, Vygintas & Normantienė, Julija 2014

1 knyga: Paštas Lietuvoje iki 1918 metų: siuntos, antspaudai, žymos
Volume 1: The Postal Service in Lithuania until 1918: Parcels, Postmarks and Postal Notices

Postal history on the present territory of Lithuania from the end of the 18th century, the third partition of Poland in 1795, to the proclamation of the independent state of Lithuania in 1918.

A4 format. 340 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-609-8039-48-1

2 knyga: Paštas Lietuvoje 1918–1940 metais: valstybės pašto kūrimas ir veikla, ženklų leidyba
Volume 2: The Postal Service in Lithuania 1918 to 1940: Structure and Operation of the State Post Office and its Stamps

Overview of the structure of the Lithuanian state postal service from December 1918 to the occupation by the Soviet Union in 1940. Focus: Presentation of the stamp issues from their design phase through printing and distribution to postal use. List of Soviet post offices in the Vilnius area 1919/20 including detailed postage tables.

A4 format. 582 pages with numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-609-8039-50-4

Lithuanian / English abstracts.

Ed.: Lietuvos Nacionalinis Muziejus (Lithuanian National Museum)

Order volume 1+2 for the special price of only 47,25 € (former selling price was many times over) incl. shipping (EU countries) at
www.humanitas.lt (search for 'pastas', delivery while stocks last).

AFA (Hg.) 2012

AFA Skandinavien Frimærkekatalog 2012 – de nordiske lande og Estland, Letland, Litauen
AFA Scandinavian Normal Catalogue 2012 – the Nordic countries and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Danish.

Årgang 2012 (Volume 2012).

Ottterup: AFA–Forlaget.

792 pages. ISBN: 9788770123648.

Available at antiquarian bookshops.

(More recent editions without the Baltic countries).

Jankauskas, Antanas 2012

Lieutuva. Specializuotas Pašto ženklų katalogas (1918–2012)
Special Lithuanian Postage Stamp Catalogue (1918–2012)

Lithuanian / English.

Format A4. 496 Pages with 6,700 colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-609-408-183-5

Order for 69,– € incl. shipping (EU countries) from the author under http://www.lituanica.eu/contactform.htm.

Preview of the catalogue at https://issuu.com/lituanica/docs/demo-2.

Bechstedt, Martin 2011

Litauen. Handbuch der Briefmarken des unabhängigen Staates 1918–1940/41.
Teil 2: Die Marken der Litas-Währung 1922–1940/41

Lithuania. Handbook of stamps of the independent state 1918–1940/41.
Part 2: The stamps of the litas currency 1922–1940/41

1st ed.

Bargteheide: Martin Bechstedt Verlag.

Format 23,6 x 32,6 cm. 402 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover. ISBN: 3-942841-01-0

Order for 49,50 € (hardcover) in local bookshops or plus shipping costs directly from the publisher at e-mail m.bech@t-online.de.

Michel (Ed.) 2011

Postal stationary Catalogue Europe since 1960 – Volume 1 (West)

8. Edition

Unterschleißheim: Schwaneberger-Verlag.

Format 15,2 x 20,3 cm. 854 pages. Coloured illustrations. Paperback. ISBN: 9783878580560.

Available at antiquarian bookshops.

Michel (Ed.) 2008

Postal stationary–Catalogue Europe till 1960 – (East and West)

9. Edition

Unterschleißheim: Schwaneberger-Verlag.

Format 15,2 x 20,3 cm. 854 pages. Coloured illustrations. Paperback. ISBN: 9783878588702

Available at antiquarian bookshops.

Bechstedt, Martin 2005

Litauen. Handbuch der Briefmarken des unabhängigen Staates 1918–1940.
Teil 1: Die Marken der Auksinas-Währung 1918–1922

Lithuania. Handbook of Stamps of the Independent State 1918–1940.
Part 1: The stamps of the Auksinas currency 1918–1922

1st ed.

Reinbek: Bahruth-Verlag.

Format A4. 200 pages. many illustrations, 2 colour plates. Softcover. ISBN: 3-000164-32-4

The 1st edition is out of print and currently only available in antiquarian form.
A 2nd edition is in progress.

Ludwig, Volker (Hg.) 2004

Die Postmarken des Memelgebietes 1920–1925

The postage stamps of the Memel region 1920–1925

Handbook and catalogue of the stamp issues of the French Mandate Administration and the stamps with Lithuanian overprints on German and Lithuanian stamps. Including plate errors.

2nd edition, revised and expanded with the assistance of Prof. Dr. Udo Klein, of the 1984 catalogue of the same name by J. W. Heinz Ludwig.

Neuss: self-published by the editor.

Format A4. 242 pages. Softcover.

Only available in print as an antiquarian. A 2006 edition is mentioned on the web.

Lithuanian Post Publishing Centre "Pašto ženklas" (Hg.) 1994

Postal Issues Catalog Republic of Lithuania 1990–1994

English.

Contents: Stamps, postal stationeries, slogan cancellations, first day covers, maximum cards, rates. Prices in DM.

Vilnius: Catalog editing company "Reikfil".

Format A5. 80 pp. Softcover.

Printed only available in antiquarian form. Later editions are not known.

Abb.: philabooks.com

Erner, Karlheinz (Ed.) 1976

Spezial-Ganzsachenkatalog der baltischen Staaten

(Special Catalogue of Stationery of the Baltic States)

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. With price table

Düsseldorf: Philatel. Fachverlag Karlheinz Erner.

Format A5. With illustrations. Paperback.

Available at the antiquarian bookshop: www.philabooks.com.

BALTIA Philatelist Association (ed.) 1948

Baltic Stamp Catalogue

Augsburg-Hochfeld: self-published by the Baltic Philatelist Association BALTIA (according to A.E.Pensa under the direction of Villem Eichenthal)

Contents: all official stamp issues of the Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with Memel including the Soviet occupation 1940–1941 and the German occupation 1941

Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, English, German

204 pp. Illustrations b/w. Valuation in Swiss francs. Hardback

Printed only available antiquarian.

Bechstedt, Martin; Löbbering, Thomas & van Wijnen, Ruud 2020

Ab 1944/1945 weiter verwendete Stempel im Baltikum

Former cancels of the Baltics in use from 1944/45 onwards

Auxiliary guide No.3 of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Baltikum e.V. (own published)

Contents of version 1.0 (Stand November 2020, which in some parts (status 2022) must already be considered outdated): 372 cancels and 18 cover illustrations from Estonia, Latvia und Lithuania

80 pages. Format A4. Adhesive binding. As PDF file available at this web.

More information on the page Auxiliary guides on this web.

Here available as PDF file

Liutikas, Darius 2018

Scouting in the Baltic Countries. A History in Philately.

Ed.: Community of Lithuanian Pilgrims & Lithuanian Scouts Association (Lietuvių Skautų Sąjunga), Vilnius.

416 pages. More than 1.000 illustrations of postmarks and cancels, commemorative covers, cachets, duty stamps and postcards as well as an illustrated glossary of philatelic terms. Bound.

Price 27 €, available from the author by e-mail to: darius.liutikas@gmail.com

More Information here.

361. Köhler-Auction 2015

The Dr. Hubert Schrödinger Collections – Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania 1918–1941

Wiesbaden: Heinrich Köhler.

Format 20x28 cm. 184 pages. Illustrations coloured. Paperback.

Printed only available in antiquarian form.

361. Köhler-Auction 2015

The Dr. Hubert Schrödinger Collections – Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania 1918–1941

Wiesbaden: Heinrich Köhler.

Format 20x28 cm. 184 pages. Illustrations coloured. Paperback.

Printed only available in antiquarian form.

Wilhelm, Friedrich 2015

Catalogue Camp Mail Displaced Persons

Volume I: Aschaffenburg – Mittenwald

Volume II: Mönchehof – Ulm and Ukrainian National Council / Scout–issues and later commemorative and charity issues

Vienna. Self-published by the author.

Volume I: including Aschaffenburg, Augsburg, Bad Ischl, Bayreuth, Barletta (Corpo Polacco), Dachau, Detmold, Ettlingen, Feldmoching, Geislingen, Hanau, Helmstedt, Kempten, Lübeck, Meerbeck, Mittenwald etc.

Volume II: Mönchehof, München, RONDD, Regensburg, Rimini, Schongau, Seedorf, Spakenberg, Stade, Ulm, Ukr. National Council, Scouts etc.

267 + 287 pp. A4. Many colour illustrations of stamps, sheets, covers and postmarks, with prices. Softback.

Volume I: Price 69 € plus shipping,
Volume II: Price 74 € plus shipping,
Available from the author by emailing
dp-catalog@aon.at

More information here.

349. Köhler-Auction 2012

The Rainer Bender Collection - German Occupation Issues 1939–1945

Wiesbaden: Heinrich Köhler.

Format 20x28 cm. 156 pages. Illustrations coloured. Paperback.

Printed only available in antiquarian form, e.g.. here.

Strobel, Wolfgang 2001

Post der befreiten Zwansgarbeiter (Mail of the liberated forced labourers)

Displaced Persons Mail Paid in Germany 1945–1949

Bonn. Self-published by the author.

With listing of all Assembly Centres by numbers, DPAC and camps alphabetically, care team numbers, FPO (Field Post Office) and BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) numbers, Mil Gov Det numbers (Military Government Detachments), time tables for determining covers to foreign countries without date stamps and a type overview of postmarks and adhesive labels.

160 pages. A5. Many b/w illustrations of covers, with prices. Softback.

Out of print, only available as an antiquarian.

Leppä, August 1987

Deutsche Einheiten im Raum Ostland 1941–1945

German units in the Ostland area 1941–1945

Heide: Paul-von-Sengbusch-Verlag.

Format A4. 20 pages. Softcover.

Printed only available in antiquarian form.

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Baltikum e.V. (Baltic States Working Group)(Ed.) since 2016

Baltikum – Zeitschrift für Philatelie und Postgeschichte

Baltikum – Journal for Philately and Postal History

Newsletter of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Baltikum e.V. im BDPh e.V.

Published twice a year in printed form and as a digital PDF edition..

Printed by: Baunataler Diakonie Kassel e.V., Baunatal.

Format A4, 72 pages, perfect binding. ISSN: 2511-3372

Digital editions except for the last 3 numbers are available here in this Web freely available for download.

Print editions can be ordered for 12,50 € plus shipping from the Chairman of the ArGe Baltikum (DE, EN).

Forschungsgemeinschaft Litauen e.V. (Research Association Lithuania e.V.) (Ed.) 1994–2015

Lituania

Newsletter of the Research Association Lithuania e.V. in the BDPh e.V.

Published approx. 2x per year.

Printed by: Baunataler Diakonie Kassel e.V., Baunatal.

Format A4. Approx. 40–64 pages. Perfect binding.

All issues are digitised and here on the web freely available for download.

Filatelistengroep 'Het Baltische Gebied' (Ed.) since 1983

Het Baltische Gebied

Newsletter of the Dutch Filaetelistengroep 'Het baltische Gebied' (In Dutch, individual articles or issues occasionally in English.).

Published twice a year in print and as a digital PDF edition.

Print: _

Format A4, approx. 48–76 pages, perfect binding.

Digital editions except for the last 3 numbers are here in this Web freely available for download.

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DeepL SE

DeepL.com

In ArGe Baltikum, this is the most frequently used free translation tool for Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian (available since March 2021).

Using artificial intelligence, it offers apps for Windows and macOS, as well as for mobile devices with Android or iOS operating systems, and delivers reliable translations with only occasional reworking required (especially for technical terms).

It is possible to save technical terms and expressions in a glossary so that they appear in the future as a suggested translation in the desired manner.

deepl.com

Google Inc.

Google Translator

This is the second most used free translation tool for Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian in ArGe Baltikum.

For individual expressions, it provides similarly good translation suggestions as DeepL; for complex sentences, meanwhile, it also provides good formulations.

The Google Translator can only be used online.

translate.google.com

Wittig, Karlheinz & Wittig, Barbara 2018

Philatelic dictionary in six languages
German - English - French - Spanish - Italian - Portuguese

The book contains over 1,400 common philatelic terms, each sorted alphabetically in all 6 languages.

Schwalmtal: Phil*Creativ Verlag.

15,5 x 21,7 cm. 504 pages. ISBN 978-3-928277-23-5

Available in bookshops.

Križinauskas, Juozas Algirdas 2014

Lithuanian-German and German-Lithuanian Dictionary

This standard Lithuanian-German / German-Lithuanian dictionary with more than 50,000 entries lists not only the extensive basic vocabulary but also technical terms and idioms from literature, technology and science.

Giessen: VVB Laufersweiler Verlag

604 pages. ISBN 978-3835911444.

Available in online bookshops.

Piliponis, Algimantas & Vaitilavičius, Adomas 1996

Tarptautinė Pašto Tarnyba – International Postal Service
Lithuanian – French – English – Esperanto – Russian – German

Ed.: Lietuvos Paštas (Lithuanian Post)

The book provides all the terms needed in the International Postal Service in the aforementioned languages. An alphabetical index for each of the 6 languages facilitates translation into Lithuanian.

Vilnius: Atsaja.

15x21 cm. 352 pages. Hardback. ISBN 9986-9078-0-2.

Printed only available in antiquarian form.

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Bechstedt, Martin

Bibliographies of the Lithuania Handbooks

Extracts from:

Lithuania Handbook Part 1 (2005)

Lithuania Handbook Part 2 (2011)

Lithuania Handbook Part 4 (2015)

Available for download here:
Part 1,Part 2 and Part 4.

J. Barefoot Ltd. (Ed.) 2014

Baltic States Revenues

4th edition 2014, contains the fiscal stamps of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania incl. Ob. East, Central Lithuania and Memel.

English.

York: J. Barefoot.

Format A4. 52 pp. Illus. coloured.

Available from the publisher at jbarefoot.co.uk.

Parchimowicz, Janusz 2009

Coin Catalogue Russia/Soviet Union and Successor States in Europe 1894–2009 (2nd ed.)

The circulation and commemorative coins of Russia (from Tsar Nicholas II onwards), the Soviet Union and Russia (from 1992 onwards) and the successor states of the USSR in Europe up to 2009 are catalogued and illustrated. All illustrations are in original size. The valuations are based on the current status at the time, in euros. An excellent source for the collector of modern coins of the 20th century.

Regenstauf: Gietl Verlag.

488 pages. Softcover. ISBN 978-3866465268.

Printed only available in antiquarian form, e.g. here.

Marcilger, Victor 2000

The Monetary History of the Baltic States, with a Detailed Catalogue of Currency Notes

2nd edition 2000, Handbook of all banknotes (incl. currency stamps at the end of the Tsarist period) from 1917/18 to 2000

English.

München: Self-published by the author.

Format A4. 366 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.

Printed only available in antiquarian form.

Davenport, John Stewart 1996

East Baltic Regional Coinage 1250–1780

Edited by Sanford J. Durst Numismatic Publications.

English.

Manual-like catalogue of coins minted in the Baltic States between about 1250 and 1795.

Dallas, Tx, USA.

98 pages. Paperback. ISBN 978-1889172200.

Printed only available antiquarian.

Hesselink, Herman Gijsbert & Tempel, Norbert 1996

Eisenbahnen im Baltikum (Railways in the Baltic States).

Ed.: Norbert Tempel. Münster. Lok Report.

The book describes the changing fate of the railways in the Baltic States from the beginning of railway construction around 1860 until today. Special emphasis is placed on the period from 1919 to 1940 with a broad presentation of locomotive history and detailed vehicle lists, in which about 500 steam locomotives of German origin alone are listed. The development of the extensive narrow-gauge network, which at its greatest extent covered more than 2,100 km in three gauges, and the fate of the railways in the Kaliningrad region after 1945 are also dealt with in detail. (Publisher's text)

144 pages. Numerous illustrations. Thread-stitched illustrated paperback.

Available in bookshops, new and second-hand.

Golczewski, Frank & Petriuk, Stefan 1992

Europa im Umbruch – Polen • Die baltischen Staaten
Europe in upheaval – Poland • The Baltic States

Philatelically illustrated account of the upheaval in the Central Eastern European states after the bankruptcy of the Soviet Union.

Schwalmtal: Phil*Creativ.

112 pages. Paperback.

GPrinted only available as an antiquarian.

Lithuanian Ministry of Finance (Ed.) 1928

Lietuva Skaitmenimis 1918–1928 / La Lithuanie en Chiffres

Lithuania in Figures

Statistical Yearbook 1918–1928.

Lithuanian / French.

Kaunas.

188 pages. Hardback.

Printed only available antiquarian.