First Day Cover
首日封
Sobrescrito de 1.º Dia
Lithuania 250th Birth Anniversary of Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis
Date of Issue : 26 September 2015
The stamp depicts M.K. Oginskis' portrait and a notes motif recorded on a stave of his well-known polonaise Atsisveikinimas su tėvyne (A Farewell to the Homeland) (a-moll No. 13) in the background.
Nowadays, M. K. Oginskis is mostly known as a composer, the author of Europe-famous mazurkas, marches, minuets, waltzes and polonaises, particularly Atsisveikinimas su tėvyne (A Farewell to the Homeland). To Serve the Homeland – that was M. K. Oginskis' life motto.
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