The Lithuania post devotes a new postage issue to the Lithuanian national bird - a peoples symbol White stork. On April 6, 2013 will arrive into circulation a postage stamp with image of a bird that know, love and protect everything young and old in Lithuania. The White stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a bird that lives only in the healthy environment and lodges only in the environmentally friendly district. The house or the estate near which the stork built a nest, according to national signs, is noted by a sign of good luck, family happiness and wellbeing.

The issue is printed in mini sheet of 2 values.
Artist:R. Grigaravičius
Cover design:R. Mašidlauskytės
Offset. Art paper.
Size of stamp: 36 x 50.8 mm.
Edition: 80 000  copies.(40 000 sheetlets).
Printing in printing-house “Garsu Pasaulis” (Lithuania).

Now, at least, 12.5-13 thousand couples of white storks live in Lithuania. For the purpose of preservation and enhancement of this esteemed population of birds and creation for it optimum living conditions in 2009 the Lithuanian ornithological society together with foreign colleagues started in life the ecological project "Protection of the White Stork in Lithuania".