06.08.2012

Latvijas Pasts holds special cancellation event to mark 150^th birthday of Augusts Deglavs

On August 9, 2012, Latvijas Pasts will hold a special cancellation event for the envelope released to mark the 150^th birthday of the Latvian writer and press worker Augusts Deglavs. The event will take place in post office Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, from 7:30 AM to 7 PM.

The envelope, designed by artist Ģirts Grīva, displays a portrait of Augusts Deglavs, while the cancellation depicts a pen with a quill. One thousand of the special envelopes will be released, available for purchase for LVL 0.35.

Deglavs was born on August 9, 1862, and is known to Latvians as a writer, press worker, book publisher and participant of the New Current movement of Latvian intellectuals. Deglavs is the author of several stories and novels, and one of the pioneers of the novel genre in Latvian literature. His best-known novels are Riga, Zeltīte, Flame, New World, and Between Two Fires. Deglavs was an active contributor to the newspapers Tiesu Vēstnesis, Tēvija, Baltijas Vēstnesis, Dienas Lapa and Mājas Viesis, and worked as the editor of Jaunā Dienas Lapa from 1915 to 1917.

Augusts Deglavs died on April 3, 1922. He was buried in the Forest Cemetery in Riga.

See the new envelope with the special cancellation.

The next new philatelic release is scheduled for August 18.

About SJSC Latvijas Pasts

Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a fully state-owned company with more than 4,500 employees.

Additional information
Zane Plone
SJSC Latvijas Pasts
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504
E-mail:zane.plone@pasts.lv