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27.04.2015
First-day cancellation of the new stamp Latvia’s Declaration of Independence – 25 will take place at the Popular Front Museum, 13/15 Vecpilsētas Street, Riga, on April 29, 2015, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Presentation of the stamp is scheduled to start at 3 PM.
The stamp and the cover Latvia’s Declaration of Independence – 25 has been designed by Ludis Danilāns. The denomination of the new stamp is € 0.50 and its print run is 1,000,000 copies. The print run of the cover is 1,500. The stamps have been printed at Baltic Banknote printing house in Latvia.
On May 4, 1990, the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR adopted the Declaration On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia and renewed the 1922 Constitution of Latvia. That decision empowered the Supreme Council to declare Latvia an independent and democratic state and set a transition period for restoring de facto Latvian rule, which resulted in the assembly of the fifth Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia. This fact was subsequently announced to the governments of the then USSR and other countries and nations.
A lot of people invested their hearts and their ideas in recovering a fully independent statehood by joining the Popular Front of Latvia, attending demonstrations, shaping public opinion in Latvia’s regions and voting for the Popular Front’s representatives in local government elections on December 10, 1989, and Supreme Council elections on March 18, 1990.
The new stamp Latvia’s Declaration of Independence – 25 can be viewed here
The new cover with the first-day cancellation is available for viewing here
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for May 3.
Additional information:
Gita Valtenberga,
Head of External Communications Management Division
SJSC Latvijas Pasts
E-mail: gita.valtenberga@pasts.lv
Mobile phone: +371 29283386
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