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08.07.2014
Stamp dedicated to 800th anniversary of Turaida Castle to be presented at special event in Ministry of Culture
To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the masonry Turaida Castle, Latvijas Pasts is to release a special stamp on Friday, July 11, 2014. The first-day cancellation of the new stamp is to be held in the post office Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, from 7:30 AM to 7 PM. The presentation and symbolic cancellation of the stamp, which will start at 11 AM in the Ministry of Culture, 11a K.Valdemāra Street, Riga, will see the participation of representatives of Latvijas Pasts, Ministry of Culture, Turaida Museum Reserve, Sigulda Municipality Council and Academy of Sciences.
The print run of the new stamp Turaida Caste - 800 is 300,000 copies; the denomination of the stamp is EUR 0.50, making it suitable for mailing a regular letter within Latvia. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special envelope with a print run of 1,500 copies. The stamp and the envelope have been designed by artist Ģirts Grīva.
Speeches during the special presentation in the Ministry of Culture will be delivered by Latvijas Pasts Chairman of the Board Arnis Salnājs, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture Rihards Kols, Director of Turaida Museum Reserve Anna Jurkāne, President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Ojārs Spārītis, Director of the Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia Guntis Zemītis, Chairwoman of the Support Society of Turaida Museum Reserve Ilze Krastiņa and initiator of the idea to release the stamp Ilgonis Šteinbergs.
Turaida Castle is one of the best-known archaeological and architectural monuments of Latvia. The construction of the masonry castle started in 1214 at the site of the wooden castle of the Livonian leader Caupo of Turaida, which had burnt down during a battle. Nowadays, Turaida Castle is one of the oldest medieval castles to be seen in Latvia, and it is also one of the most archaeologically studied medieval castles in the Baltic countries. During its existence, the castle was not only a symbol of power of foreign lands, but also an object of disputes within the feudal wars of the small Livonian states and a witness of the dramatic military conflicts, such as the Livonian War, the Polish-Swedish War and the Great Northern War. Today, Turaida Castle is part of Turaida Museum Reserve, a specially protected cultural monument.
The new stamp Turaida Caste - 800, first-day cover and cancellation can be viewed here.
Turaida Caste - 800 is the second stamp issued by Latvijas Pasts in honour of the symbols of Turaida: back in 1997, Latvijas Pasts released the stamp Legend of Rose of Turaida.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for August 23.
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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