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05.10.2016
Latvijas Pasts has issued the eleventh stamp in honour of Latvian lighthouses, and the new release in the series is dedicated to the oldest lighthouse in Latvia, which is Ovīši Lighthouse. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping mall Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, from 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM on the 7th of October 2016.
The print run of the new stamp is 100,000 copies and its face value is € 0.90, which corresponds to the cost of sending a regular Class A letter 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 new philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Arta Ozola-Jaunarāja.
Ovīši Lighthouse is located on Cape Ovīši in Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality, at a distance of 360 metres from the coastline of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse was opened in 1814, and it is the oldest functioning lighthouse in Latvia today, which has also been placed on the statutory list of protected cultural monuments. The height of the stone masonry tower is 38 metres and its diameter is 11.5 metres. Inside this tower there is another tower with a diameter of 3.5 metres. The light signal of the lighthouse can be seen 15 nautical miles away. At present the base of the lighthouse offers an exhibition devoted to the history of lighthouses in Latvia.
Latvijas Pasts has issued stamps in the series Lighthouses of Latvia since 2003, and there are ten stamps dedicated to the lighthouses of Latvia released so far and featuring Salacgrīva Lighthouse (2015), Ainaži Lighthouse (2014), Užava Lighthouse (2010), Liepāja Lighthouse (2009), Akmeņrags Lighthouse (2008), Pape Lighthouse (2007), Mērsrags Lighthouse (2006), Daugavgrīva Lighthouse (2005), Miķeļbāka Lighthouse (2004) and Kolka Lighthouse (2003).
The stamps issued so far in the series Lighthouses of Latvia can be viewed here.
The new stamp and the cover Lighthouses of Latvia – Ovīši Lighthouse are available for viewing here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for the 12th of October.
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:
Vineta Danielsone
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504
E-mail: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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