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02.07.2014
Latvijas Pasts releases commemorative stamp to mark 200th anniversary of prominent Latvian cultural figure of 19th century Jānis Cimze
Latvijas Pasts has released a new stamp to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the outstanding Latvian cultural figure Jānis Cimze.The presentation of the stamp and the first-day cancellation event will be held on July 3, 2014, which is the pedagogue and composer's birthday. The cancellation will take place in the post office Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, from 7:30 AM to 7 PM. The presentation of the stampis scheduled to start at 7 PM at the Valka Museum of Regional Studies. It will be attended by board member of Latvijas Pasts Arnis Gulbis, chairman of Valka Municipality Council Vents Armands Krauklis and director of the Museum of Regional Studies Meldra Cimdiņa.
The stamp Jānis Cimze - 200 has been designed by the artist Lilija Dinere. The denomination of the stamp is EUR 0.57, making it suitable for mailing a regular Class A letter in Latvia. The print run of the new stamp is 30,000, while the first-day cover has been released in 1,500 copies.
Jānis Cimze is one of the most prominent Latvian cultural figures of the 19th century: he was a distinguished pedagogue and composer, the first collector and arranger of Latvian folk song tunes and founder of Latvian choir culture. J.Cimze arranged around 350 Latvian folk songs, including Rīgadimd (Riga Resounds), Krauklīts sēž ozolā (Raven Sits in the Oak Tree), Seši mazi bundzinieki (Six Small Drummers), Div' dūjiņas gaisā skrēja (Two Doves Bolted into the Blue), etc. Furthermore, he compiled the first national repertoire for choirs - the collection of songs Dziesmu rota (A Garland of Songs) and fostered the creation of the First All-Latvian Song Festival (back then known as the All-Latvian Singing Festival), which was held in Riga in 1873.
The new stamp Jānis Cimze - 200, first-day cover and cancellation can be viewed here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for July 11.
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 4,000 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by TNS Latvia, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Zane Plone,
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: zane.plone@pasts.lv
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