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03.02.2015
To celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Jelgava, Latvijas Pasts is to release a stamp, which will be one of the symbols that identify the city this year. The first-day cancellation of the new stamp is to be held in the Tower of the Holy Trinity Church of Jelgava, 1 Akadēmijas Street, Jelgava, from 10:30 AM to 6 PM on February 5, 2015. A special presentation event in honor of the city anniversary stamp, which is scheduled to start in the exhibition hall of the Tower at 11 AM, will see the participation of representatives of Latvijas Pasts, Jelgava City Council and Ģederts Eliass History and Art Museum of Jelgava.
The print run of the new stamp Jelgava – 750 is 100,000 copies; the denomination of the stamp is €1.71, making it suitable for mailing a registered Class A letter to any country within the European Union. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 1,500 copies. The stamp and the cover have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva and are based on the Jelgava City Festival logo made by the advertising and brand creation specialist Ansis Griķis. The key leitmotifs incorporated in the logo are five elements – history, water, nature, sand and the person – that describe the growth of the city and its people through time.
Speeches during the special presentation of the stamp in the Holy Trinity Church Tower of Jelgava will be delivered by Latvijas Pasts Member of the Board Egons Strazdiņš and Jelgava City Council Chairman Andris Rāviņš.
Jelgava is a city in the central part of Latvia. The construction of the castle on the island between the rivers Driksa and Lielupe started under the leadership of Konrad von Mandern, the Grand Master of the Livonian Order, in the middle of the 13th century. The castle was constructed in 1265, which is considered to be the year when Jelgava (Mitau) was founded. Jelgava received city rights in 1573 and was the capital of the united duchies of Courland and Semigallia (later Courland Governorate) for a long time. One of the symbols of the city is the Holy Trinity Church of Jelgava with its Tower whose construction started in 1574. The Holy Trinity Church was one of the first masonry Lutheran churches built in Europe and the first masonry building in Jelgava. During World War II, most of the city was destroyed, and the Holy Trinity Church of Jelgava was also bombed and burnt, leaving only the Tower for the needs of the military. The Tower of the Holy Trinity Church as a national cultural monument was included in the National Heritage List in 1998. The Tower of the Holy Trinity Church was reopened after reconstruction on November 16, 2010. The Tower is home to the Tourist Information Center, historical expositions, a restaurant, an exhibition hall and a viewing platform.
The new stamp Jelgava – 750, first-day cover and cancellation can be viewed here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for February 20.
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:
Agija Tērauda,
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608506
E-mail: agija.terauda@pasts.lv
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