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This airmail cover was sent from Klaipeda, Lithuania, to Liepaja, Latvia.
Both cities are on the Baltic coast nearly 190 km apart.

The cover is franked with a complete set of eleven
of the 1922 overprinted airmails (Scott C21-C31).

Each stamp was cancelled with its own Klaipeda CDS.

The cover bore a German airmail etiquette and was stamped PAR AVION.

The short distance permitted the letter to reach its destination
and receive a Liepaja CDS on the back on the same day.

Unabashedly philatelic, this is still an attractive cover.

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