Postgebiet Ob. Ost

'''Postgebiet / Ob. Ost''' overprinted in German script on German Germania heads, are occupation stamps for the region east of Germany during World War I. Oerbefehlshabers Ost included Kurland, Lithuania and an area south of that designated the Bialystok-Grodno district. These stamps were released in 1916.

At the end of World War I (November 1918):
 * Kurland was occupied by Russian and it and Latvia became the Latvia Soviet Socialist Republic, part of Russia. See: Latvia.
 * Lithuania declared independence and began issuing stamps shortly afterward. See Lithuania.
 * The Bialystok-Grodno district was taken by newly independent Poland.

 File:Ob Ost 2.5pf.jpg|2½pf value. File:Ob Ost 1mark.jpg|1 mark value. 

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