LATVIA

These stamps were used in 1941 in "Lettland" = Latvia - with German military overprints= "Latvija" the original Latvian word for the country which had been overrun by the Red Army a year earlier, probably to endear themselves with the "liberated" people of Latvia whose stamps had been replaced with Soviet issues after the Red take-over

July 1°, 1941


# N-1

# N-2
Wanted # N-3
# N-4

# N-5

# N-5var. 

# N-5var2

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 Note:  # N-5 blank paper and the # N-5var. grey paper with the first line "broken" above on the right both stamps are of a same plate printed
# N-52 grey-paper and thin lines ont he cheeck (face).  This is a different plate printed
Thanks to Mike of the TRS Group for help me with this information!


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