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lunes, 10 de septiembre de 2012 a las 4:20
Objeto n°186825941
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jueves, 27 de junio de 2024 a las 19:07
ISSUED BY: Poczta Nezalezna, English: Independent Post
CATALOGUE NUMBER: SOLID0653/0549
PAPER: Green backgroung with gold and silver printing on whitish chalky paper, no gum as issued
THE DUCHY OF LIVONIA (Polish: Ksiestwo Inflanckie; Latin: Ducatus Ultradunensis; Estonian: Ulevaina-Liivimaa hertsogkond; Latvian: Pardaugavas hercogiste; also referred to as Polish Livonia orInflanty) was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – that existed from 1561 to 1621. It corresponds to the present-day areas of northern Latvia and southern Estonia.
TRAKAI VOIVODESHIP, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship (Lithuanian: Traku vaivadija, Latin: Palatinatus Trocensis, Polish: Wojewodztwo Trockie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795.
DUCHY OF LIVONIA HISTORY:
Livonia had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1561, since the Livonian Order wass ecularized by the Union of Wilno and the Livonian Confederation dissolved during the Livonian Wars. Part of Livonia, formed the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, while the south-west part of today´s Estonia and north-east part of today´s Latvia, covering what is now Vidzeme and Latgalia, were ceded to Lithuania.
In 1566, it was declared as the Duchy of Livonia according to the Treaty of Union between the landowners of Livonia and authorities of Lithuania; Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz became the first Governor of the Duchy (1566–1578) in Sigulda castle. It was a province of Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1569. After the Union of Lublin in 1569, it became a joint domain of the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy.
Larger part of the Duchy was conquered by Sweden during the Polish–Swedish wars, and their gains were recognized in the Truce of Altmark in 1629. The Commonwealth retained south eastern parts of the Wenden Voivodeship, renamed to Inflanty Voivodeship with the capital in Daugavpils (Dyneburg), until the first Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Catherine the Great´s Russian Empire. The title \"Grand Duke of Livonia\" was added to the grand title of later Russian Emperors.
TRAKAI HISTORY:
Trakai Voivodeship together with Vilnius Voivodeship was established by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great in 1413 according to the Union of Horodlo Vytautas copied the Polish system of administrative division in order to centralize and strengthen the government. Trakai Voivodeship replaced the former Duchy of Trakai, which was ruled directly by the Grand Duke or his close relative (brother or son). The Duke of Trakai (Latin: dux Trocensis) was replaced by appointed officials – voivodes and his deputy castellan.
The voivodeship was divided into four powiats: Hrodna, Kaunas, Trakai (ruled directly by the voivode), and Upyte. The biggest cities in the voivodeship were Kaunas, Hrodna and Trakai.
The western portion of the voivodeship was split off in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old and transferred to the Polish Crown. It was organized as the Podlaskie Voivodeship. In 1793, counties of Grodno and Sokolka and Wolkowysk one of Nowogrodek Voivodeship were merged in Grodno Voivodeship.
After the Union of Lublin the voivodeship, together with whole Grand Duchy of Lithuania, became part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1795. Most of the territory became part of the Russian Empire, while territories west of the Neman River – part of the Province of East Prussia.
The Voivode of Trakai (Lithuanian: Traku vaivada) was one of the most important state offices in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They were appointed from prominent magnate families and competed only with voivode of Vilnius and Grand Chancellors for power and prestige. Voivodes were the ex officio members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords. Voivodes had their residence in Trakai city, near Galve Lake, north of the Trakai Peninsula Castle.
THISE PROPAGANDA STAMP SET WAS ISSUED BY THE POLISH UNDERGROUND SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AS A DIVERSIFICATION STATEMENT AGAINST MARTIAL LAW WHICH HAD BEEN DECLARED BY THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES IN POLAND. THEY ARE VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEMS.
THE UNDERGROUND MEMBERS WHO ISSUED THESE STAMPS RISKED A LOT, BECAUSE IF CAUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A UNIQUE PIECE OF HISTORY. IT IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS HISTORIAN AND COLLECTOR OF THIS PERIOD AND WILL MAKE AN INTERESTING ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
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