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13.05.2015
First-day cancellation of the new stamp Firefighting in Latvia – 150 will take place in the Post Center Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, on May 15, 2015, from 7:30 AM to 7 PM. The opening ceremony is scheduled to start at 9 AM. It will be attended by chairman of the board of Latvijas Pasts Arnis Salnājs, chief of the State Fire and Rescue Service Oskars Āboliņš and also members of Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia.
The stamp and the cover Firefighting in Latvia – 150 have been designed by Ludis Danilāns. The denomination of the new stamp is € 1.42 and its print run is 100,000 copies. The print run of the cover is 1,500. The stamps have been printed at Baltic Banknote printing house in Latvia.
On May 17, 2015, 150 years will have passed since the Riga City Volunteer Firefighters Brigade for the first time coordinately responded to a fire. The origins of Latvian firefighting date back to 1864. After the establishment of the the Riga City Volunteer Firefighters Brigade, similar volunteer firefighters associations started to appear in other towns and cities of Latvia. To express the gratitude and respect for the people who risk their own safety to rescue other people’s lives, in 2011 the Parliament (Saeima) of Latvia declared May 17 to be the professional holiday – the Firefighters and Rescue Workers Day.
The new stamp Firefighting in Latvia – 150 can be viewed here.
The new cover with the first-day cancellation is available for viewing here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for June 26.
Additional information:
Gita Valtenberga,
Head of External Communications Management Division
SJSC Latvijas Pasts
E-mail: gita.valtenberga@pasts.lv
Mobile phone: +371 29283386
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