The independence of Lithuania was declared on 16th February 1918

Currency
1918	100 Skatiku	=	1 Auksinas
1922	100 Centu	=	1 Litas

Watermarks
Scales	-	Horizontal fish scales
Vertical scales	-	Vertical fish scales
VWL	-	Vertical thick wavy lines
VHC	-	Vertical honeycomb pattern
HHC	-	Horizontal honeycomb pattern
JE	-	Jagged edged vertical rectangle just smaller than stamp
RT	-	Horizontal and diagonal lines linked in apparently random pattern like railway tracks
SW	-	Overlapping vertical sine waves
ZT	-	The letter Z and a trident type device in horizontal rows
IL	-	Intersecting horizontal and vertical lenses

BSD No	Value	Colour	Description	Perforation	Watermark	Paper	Date of Issue	Number Issued	Comment
Same designs as above but on new watermarked paper issued late 1923
201	2c	Pale chocolate	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
202	3c	Yellow-olive	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
203	5c	Yellow-green	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
204	10c	Violet	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
205	25c	Blue	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
206	36c	Chestnut	Wayside cross	11	RT		01/11/23
Same designs as above with another new watermark
207	25c	Blue	Wayside cross	11	SW		01/03/23
208	50c	Bright green	Ruins of Kaunus Castle	11	SW		01/01/25
208a	50c	Bright green	Ruins of Kaunus Castle	14	SW		01/01/25
209	60c	Carmine	Ruins of Kaunus Castle	14	SW		01/01/25
209a	60c	Carmine	Ruins of Kaunus Castle	11*14	SW		01/01/25
209ab	60c	Carmine	Ruins of Kaunus Castle	Imperf between vertical pair	SW		01/01/25
Union of Memel with Lithuania - vertical and horizontal diamonds
210	1c	Rose and green	Arms of Memel	11	??		12/07/23
211	2c	Mauve	Arms of Lithuania	11			12/07/23
212	3c	Lemon	Chapel of Biruta	11			12/07/23
213	5c	Buff and blue	Arms of Memel	11			12/07/23
214	10c	Orange-red	War Memorial Kaunus	11			12/07/23
215	15c	Green	War Memorial Kaunus	11			12/07/23
216	25c	Violet	Ruins of Trakai	11			12/07/23
217	30c	Claret	Arms of Lithuania	11			12/07/23
218	60c	Dull green	Lighthouse Memel	11			12/07/23
219	1l	Emerald	Memel Harbour	11*12			12/07/23
220	2l	Carmine	Chapel of Biruta	11			12/07/23
221	3l	Blue	Ruins of Trakai	11			12/07/23
222	5l	Ultramarine	Lighthouse Memel	12*11			12/07/23
AIR - inscribed ORO PASTAS
223	20c	Yellow		11	RT		28/01/24
223a	20c	Yellow		11	No wmk.		28/01/24
224	40c	Emerald-green		11	RT		28/01/24
224a	40c	Emerald-green		Imperf between horiz. pair	RT		28/01/24
224b	40c	Emerald-green		Imperf between vert.. pair	RT		28/01/24
225	60c	Bright carmine		11	RT		28/01/24
225a	60c	Bright carmine		11	No wmk.		28/01/24
226	1l	Deep brown		11	RT		28/01/24
War Orphans Fund - various types overprinted Karo Naslaiciams
POSTAGE
227	2c+2c	Pale chocolate	#201 surcharged	11	RT		01/02/24
228	3c+3c	Yellow-olive	#202 surcharged	11	RT		01/02/24
229	5c+5c	Yellow-green	#203 surcharged	11	RT		01/02/24
230	10c+10c	Violet	#188 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
231	10c+10c	Violet	#204 surcharged	11	RT		01/02/24
232	15c+15c	Scarlet	#189 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
233	20c+20c	Olive	#190 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
234	25c+25c	Blue	#191 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
235	25c+25c	Blue	#200 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
236	36c+34c	Chestnut	#206 surcharged	11	RT		01/02/24
237	50c+50c	Yellow-green	#192 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
238	60c+60c	Scarlet	#193 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
239	1l+1l	Orange and green	#194 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
240	3l+2l	Red and blue-grey	#195 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
241	5l+3l	Chocolate and pale blue	#196 surcharged	11	VHC		01/02/24
AIR
242	20c+20c	Yellow	#223 surcharged	11	RT		02/03/24
243	40c+40c	Emerald-green	#224 surcharged	11	RT		02/03/24
244	60c+60c	Bright carmine	#225 surcharged	11	RT		02/03/24
244a	60c+60c	Bright carmine	#225 surcharged	11	RT		02/03/24
245	1l+1l	Deep brown	#226 surcharged	11	RT		02/03/24
AIR - new design inscribed ORO PASTAS
246	20c	Carmine	Swallow carrying letter	14	SW		22/05/26
246a	20c	Carmine	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf horiz. pair	SW		22/05/26
246b	20c	Carmine	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf vert.. pair	SW		22/05/26
247	40c	Orange and mauve	Swallow carrying letter	14	SW		22/05/26
247a	40c	Orange and mauve	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf horiz. pair	SW		22/05/26
247b	40c	Orange and mauve	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf vert.. pair	SW		22/05/26
248	60c	Grey-black and blue	Swallow carrying letter	14	SW		22/05/26
248a	60c	Grey-black and blue	Swallow carrying letter	14	No wmk.		22/05/26
248b	60c	Grey-black and blue	Swallow carrying letter - centre inverted	14	SW		22/05/26
248c	60c	Grey-black and blue	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf horiz. pair	SW		22/05/26
248d	60c	Grey-black and blue	Swallow carrying letter	Imperf vert.. pair	SW		22/05/26
War Invalids Fund - various Orphans Fund issues surcharged #227-#239
249	1c+1c	Pale chocolate	#227 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
250	2c+2c	Yellow-olive	#228 surcharged in bronze	11	RT		03/12/26
251	2c+2c	Yellow-green	#229 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
252	5c+5c	Violet	#230 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
253	5c+5c	Violet	#231 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
253a	5c+5c	Violet	#231 surcharged in gold inverted	11	RT		03/12/26
254	5c+5c	Scarlet	#232 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
255	10c+10c	Olive	#233 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
256	10c+10c	Blue	#234 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
257	10c+10c	Blue	#235 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
258	14c+14c	Chestnut	#236 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
259	20c+20c	Yellow-green	#237 surcharged in bronze	11	VHC		03/12/26
260	25c+25c	Scarlet	#238 surcharged in silver	11	VHC		03/12/26
261	30c+30c	Orange and green	#239 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
War Orphans Fund #227-#239 variously surcharged in gold with a large VP and new values
262	1c+1c	Pale chocolate	#227 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
263	2c+2c	Yellow-olive	#228 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
264	2c+2c	Yellow-green	#229 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
264a	2c+2c	Yellow-green	#229 surcharged in gold inverted	11	VHC		03/12/26
265	5c+5c	Violet	#230 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
266	5c+5c	Violet	#231 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
267	10c+10c	Scarlet	#232 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
268	15c+15c	Olive	#233 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
269	15c+15c	Blue	#234 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
270	15c+15c	Blue	#235 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
271	19c+19c	Chestnut	#236 surcharged in gold	11	RT		03/12/26
272	25c+25c	Yellow-green	#237 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
273	30c+30c	Scarlet	#238 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
274	50c+50c	Orange and green	#239 surcharged in gold	11	VHC		03/12/26
New definitives inscribed Lietuva and large double cross - #275-#284
275	2c	Orange		14	SW		01/01/26
276	3c	Sepia		11	SW		01/01/26
277	5c	Green		14	SW		01/01/26
278	10c	Bright violet		11	SW		01/01/26
279	15c	Scarlet		14	SW		01/01/26
280	25c	Blue		14	SW		01/01/26
Change of watermark
280a	5c	Green		14	RT		01/01/27
280b	30c	Deep blue		14	RT		01/01/29
Change of watermark
280c	2c	Red-orange		14	VHC		01/01/31
281	5c	Green		14	VHC		03/06/26
281a	10c	Violet		14	VHC		01/01/31
282	15c	Scarlet		14	VHC		03/06/26
282a	15c	Scarlet		14	VHC		02/06/26
283	30c	Deep blue		14	VHC		03/06/26
No watermark
284	15c	Carmine		14	No wmk.		01/01/30
Dr. Basanvicius Mourning Issue. Border in black
285A	15c	Claret	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	11	No wmk.		08/03/27
285B	15c	Claret	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	14*11	No wmk.		08/03/27
286A	25c	Blue	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	11	No wmk.		08/03/27
286B	25c	Blue	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	14*11	No wmk.		08/03/27
287A	50c	Green	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	11	No wmk.		08/03/27
287B	50c	Green	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	14*11	No wmk.		08/03/27
288A	60c	Violet	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	11	No wmk.		08/03/27
288B	60c	Violet	Portrait of Dr. Basanavicius	14*11	No wmk.		08/03/27
New high values
289	1l	Green and drab	Vytis of the Lithuanian Arms	14	HHC		23/12/27
290	3l	Violet and pale green	Vytis of the Lithuanian Arms	14	HHC		23/12/27
291	5l	Brown and drab	Vytis of the Lithuanian Arms	14	HHC		23/12/27
10th anniversary of independence
292	5c	Green and yellow-brown	President Antanas Smetona	14	VHC		20/02/28
293	10c	Black and violet	President Antanas Smetona	14	VHC		20/02/28
294	15c	Brown and orange	President Antanas Smetona	14	VHC		20/02/28
295	25c	Slate and blue	President Antanas Smetona	14	VHC		20/02/28
296	50c	Purple and ultramarine	Lithuania Liberated	14	VHC		20/02/28
297	60c	Black and carmine	Lithuania Liberated	14	VHC		20/02/28
298	1l	Drab and black-brown	Lithuania's Resurrection	14	VHC		20/02/28