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26.05.2014
Latvijas Pasts in collaboration with Latvian Olympic Committee to present stamps dedicated to Latvian medal winners in XXII Olympic Winter Games
Latvijas Pasts, in collaboration with sports federations and the Latvian Olympic Committee (LOC), has released four stamps and a special envelope, dedicated to Latvian medal winners in the XXII Olympic Winter Games, which took place earlier this year. Presentation of the new stamps, which will be attended by the Latvian Olympic athletes depicted on the stamps, is scheduled to be held in the postal service center Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga on May 27, 2014 at 11 AM. The athletes will be welcomed by the Minister of Transport Anrijs Matīss and the management of Latvijas Pasts and LOC.The first-day cancellation event will take place on the same day in Sakta from 7:30 AM to 7 PM.
The Olympic stamps have been released in honor of the Latvian champions in the XXII Olympic Winter Games: skeleton racer Martins Dukurs who won a silver medal, bobsleigh team consisting of Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga who also claimed silver, Andris Šics and Juris Šics who earned a bronze medal in the luge doubles competition and Elīza Tīruma, Mārtiņš Rubenis, Andris Šics and Juris Šics who won a second bronze medal for Latvia in the luge team relay competition.
The print run of each stamp is 30.000 and their denomination is EUR 0.50, corresponding to the cost of mailing a regular letter within Latvia. The print run of the Olympic Games envelope is 1.500 copies.
Latvijas Pasts has been issuing stamps dedicated to Latvian Olympic medal winners since the XXVII Olympic Summer Games, which took place in Sydney, Australia in 2000.
The XXII Olympic Winter Games, which were held from February 7 to February 23, 2014 in Sochi (Russia), are considered to be the most successful Winter Games in Latvia, resulting in an unprecedented number of medals won in three different sports: one silver in skeleton, one silver in bobsleigh and two bronzes in luge. Overall, Latvia was represented in seven winter sports: biathlon, bobsleigh, ice hockey, luge, skeleton, skating and skiing.
The new stamps dedicated to Latvian Olympic athletes and the cover with the first-day cancellation can be viewed here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for July 3.
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 wholly State-owned company with more than 4,200 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts mail deliveries inside the country are conducted by TNS Latvia, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the mail deliveries outside the country are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Gundega Vārpa
Head of the External Communications Department
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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