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13.01.2015
Latvijas Pasts has released a special stamp dedicated to Green Week, an exhibition for the food, agriculture and gardening industry taking place in the capital of Germany, Berlin. Latvia is the partner country of Green Week 2015, and the presentation of the stamp will be held at Latvijas Pasts stand during the exhibition in Berlin from January 16 to January 21. The first-day cancellation event will take place in the post office Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, on January 15, from 7:30 AM to 7 PM.
The denomination of the stamp issued in honor of Green Week is € 0.50, which is suitable for mailing a regular Class B letter in Latvia. The stamp has been designed by the artist Arta Ozola-Jaunarāja, and its print run is 1 million. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of the special Green Week cover with the print run of 1,500 copies. The design of the stamp and the cover incorporates one of the unique symbols of Latvia – the blue cow.
Green Week is one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the food, agriculture and gardening industry that includes various forums, seminars and conferences. It is an excellent opportunity to get to know the many and varied products of the food industry and a one-stop location for food news, culture and traditions of diverse countries. The exhibition is aimed at consumers from Germany and its neighboring countries, food wholesale and retail representatives, importers of agricultural products, experts from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and fishing industries, and mass media.
After 10 years of negotiations and preparatory work, Latvia has become the partner country of Green Week 2015, and this status is essential for the country in terms of both business development and Latvian-German cooperation.
Green Week 2014 was attended by more than 400,000 interested individuals who got familiar with the offers of nearly 1,700 participants from 69 countries of the world.
The Green Week stamp and the cover can be viewed here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for January 30.
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 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:
Gundega Vārpa,
Head of the External Communications Department
Phone: +371 67608505
E-mail: gundega.varpa@pasts.lv
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