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14.11.2016
This is the first time that Latvijas Pasts has released a stamp block dedicated to the Paralympic champions from Latvia – Diāna Dadzīte, Aigars Apinis and Edgars Bergs who won medals in the 15th Summer Paralympic Games that took place in Rio de Janeiro in September 2016. The presentation of the stamps will be held in the Ministry of Transport at 11 AM on the 15th of November 2016 and it will be attended by the medallists and President of the Latvian Paralympic Committee Daiga Dadzīte, Minister of Transport Uldis Augulis and Chairman of the Board of Latvijas Pasts Mārcis Vilcāns.
The first day cancellation of the stamp block is scheduled to take place in Riga post office No. 50 located in the shopping centre Origo, 2 Stacijas laukums, Riga, from 8 AM to 7 PM.
The new stamp block consists of three stamps, each dedicated to one of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Paralympic Games medallists – the gold medallist in javelin throw and bronze medalist in discus throw D.Dadzīte, the gold medallist in discus throw A.Apinis and the bronze medallist in shot put E.Bergs.
The face value of each stamp is € 0.50, which corresponds to the cost of sending a regular Class B letter within Latvia. The print run of the stamp block is 30,000 copies and the print run of the special cover released together with the stamps is 1,500 copies. The stamp block and the cover have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
The Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil took place in September 2016, and Latvia was represented by 11 athletes in six sports. Besides the award winning places, the athletes of the Latvian Paralympic team also won one fifth place and one sixth place.
The Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes with physical disabilities. The games are held every four years and are divided into winter and summer games: they take place in the same country as the Olympic Games of a given year. The Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The first Summer Paralympics were held in Rome (Italy) in 1960.
The stamp block and the cover dedicated to the Paralympic Games medallists can be viewed here.
The next new philatelic release is scheduled for the 17th of November 2016.
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.
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