LITHUANIAN MARITIME HISTORY

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On Friday, July 14, 2023 Lithuanian Post will issue a postage stamp designed by artist Arvydas S. Každailis on the theme of Lithuanian maritime history. The face value of the postage stamp is EUR 1.40, the circulation is 17 thousand. pcs Stamping of the first day's date will take place at the Klaipėda post office at the address H. Manto str. 7.
The new postage stamp features a wind rose and a sable (kurénas). A wind rose is a star-shaped figure whose rays indicate the direction of the wind. Usually, these are 32 geographical directions, to which sometimes the names of the winds of that area are listed.
According to the author, the idea of the stamp design is connected with the names of ancient Lithuanian winds, which were especially often used by fishermen of the Curonian Lagoon. Audenis, launagis, ziemelis, ozinis, pilvinis - just a few inventive and widely used names of local winds, which were usually divided according to their direction. It is the rose of the winds in this drawing that became the symbolic accent of the names of the Lithuanian winds, matched to the kurenos - until the 20th century. a double-masted, flat-bottomed, sailing vessel used daily in the middle Curonian Lagoon, whose main driving force was the wind.
Kurės were mostly used by fishermen from the Curonian Spit, who lived in Eastern Prussia, later in the Lithuanian border, including the Curonian Spit, in the settlements until the 20th century. middle For the inhabitants of the Pomeranian coast, the kurėn was one of the most important household attributes: they were used for fishing, transporting goods and animals, as well as using kurėn as a means of passenger transport. Kurenes used to sail not only in lagoons, but also in the sea. Before the war, there were hundreds of unique flat-bottomed boats of various types, adapted to the shallow water of the lagoon, in the villages, but as the Second World War came to an end and after the war, the old fishermen moved out, the settlers did not value them anymore, they did not build them, and the old boats rotted.
This is already the third stamp on the theme of Lithuanian maritime history - last year Lithuanian Post issued a stamp for the ship "Sūduvis", and the year before - for the motor sailing ship "Jūratė".
Every year Lithuanian Post issues between 20 and 25 postage stamps, which, in addition to their main function as a means of education, also perform the function of perpetuating the most important historical events, trends, and important knowledge of the state. It can also be turned into a great representational tool to commemorate the country's achievements, heritage and most important events.

More on the Kurénas is given on: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8754

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