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07.10.2016
Latvijas Pasts has released a new stamp and a cover in honour of the 140th anniversary of Jānis Pommers, a former Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Riga and all Latvia. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in the Post Centre Sakta, 32 Brīvības Boulevard, Riga, on the 12th of October 2016, from 8 AM to 7 PM.
The print run of the new stamp is 200,000 copies and its face value is € 0.50, which corresponds to the cost of sending an ordinaryClass B letter within Latvia. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 1,500 copies. The philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Lilija Dinere.
The stamp depicts a portrait of the Archbishop Jānis Pommers, while the cover features the Riga Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral, which also was the Archbishop’s residence for a number of years.
J.Pommers (1876–1934) was the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Riga and all Latvia from 1921 to 1934 and also a member of the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia from 1925 to 1934. In 1981 J.Pommers was declared to be a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and in 2001 he was also canonised by the Latvian Orthodox Church.
The stamp and the cover Jānis Pommers are available for viewing here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for the 28th 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-pasts: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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